In the words of Marvin Gaye, “What’s going on”?
Chris Cooper, a man minding his own business while trying to enjoy his day in Central Park bird watching. Asked a white woman, now named Amy Cooper (no relation) to put her dog on a leash. Not an unreasonable request, also being the park policy.
After arguing back and forth she proceeds to say she will call the police and tell them an “African American Man is threatening her life”.
You can all see in the video that her poor cocker spanial is in more danger than she was! We are happy to say that both Chris Cooper and the poor dog are safe. Amy Cooper has now been fired from her position at Franklin Templeton,”the company said on Twitter”.
The bottom line is that these actions should not be tolerated. We are aware of the privilage to those not of color and with every cause there is an effect.
Emmett Till was murdered at the age of 14 because a woman named Joan Brody lied and said he whistled at her. You can only imagine what would have happened if Chris Cooper would not have taken the video and the police showed up! Who do you think they would have believed?
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