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Black man out bird watching: Please follow park rules and leash your dog.

White women: “I’m taking pictures and calling the cops. ...I’m going to tell them there is an African-American man threatening my life.”

This is terrorism.
She knows she is being recorded and doesn’t care.

She knows saying those words puts the man’s life in danger.

She knows the cops will believe her over the Black man recording.

...and that dog is acting like it has never seen a leash before.
Someone who used to walk her dog ID’ed her on Twitter as Amy Cooper and her dog’s name is Henry.

The dog has his own Instagram, oh_henry_spaniel, which she reportedly has deleted posts and has now made private.
A twitter user found that Amy Cooper, the women who called the cops and lied that an African American man was threatening her and her dog’s life, works as the “Head of Insurance Investment Solutions” at Franklin Templeton.

Twitter: @FTI_US @FTI_Global
In a press article from 2019, Franklin Templeton (@FTI_US, @FTI_Global) lists Amy Cooper as VP, portfolio manager. franklintempleton.com/financial-prof…
The incident took place in the Ramble in Central Park, NYC. Another Twitter user confirmed she has seen Amy Cooper with her dog off the leash several times.
On Franklin Templeton’s career page the company says it “is committed to providing a workplace that is free from unlawful harassment and does not discriminate on grounds of race, color, [or] ...ethnic origin...”

Amy Cooper is a VP at this company.
📲: franklintempletoncareers.com/careers/workin…
When you tell a Black man you will lie to the police like this you are threatening his life.

You can contact Amy Cooper’s employer, Franklin Templeton, and ask why they allow her to be a Vice President overseeing other employees.
📲: franklintempleton.com/investor/our-f…
More confirmation: In a FB post, Amy was praised for giving CPR to her rescue dog Henry.

@NYCockerRescue may want to get Henry back as Amy choked him while trying to lie on a Black man to police who requested she follow park rules.
According to @NYCockerRescue, Amy Cooper adopted Henry 2 years ago after her former Cocker Spaniel, Ollie, was “lost.”

#WhatHappenedToOllie?
Additional pics of Amy Cooper and Henry. Amy called the police on a Black man and lied that he was threatening her and her dog after he requested she follow park rules and leash her dog, Henry.
Education and work history for Amy Cooper, the women who called police on a Black man who asked her to leash her dog. She is currently employed at Franklin Templeton, and has worked at AIG, Citi, Citigroup, Lehman Brothers, and Tillinghast.
🗣 Update: Amy Cooper has “voluntarily surrendered” her dog, Henry, back to the rescue.

Amy was caught on video choking her dog while lying to the police about a Black man who asked her to leash her pet.
Some details on what happened before the video from the man who filmed the incident of racial terror: google.com/amp/s/heavy.co…
Heavy reports Christian Cooper (no relation to Amy Cooper), who is an editor, was out bird watching in Central Park.

Here is what was said before the video started:
Christian was going give the dog a treat and that is when Amy Cooper snapped. Christian began recording with his iPhone at that point.
Christian stopped the video after Amy leashed the dog. Christian then left the park, having finished birding. The police did come later, but no one was there.
Amy Cooper’s employer, Franklin Templeton, issued a statement saying they “do not condone racism of any kind” and Amy Cooper “has been put on administrative leave.”
How many Black people does Amy Cooper supervise at Franklin Templeton? How many false reports has she made against Black employees?
Don’t be fooled. This type of thing happens multiple times a day in this country. It was popularized by Birth of a Nation. It happened to Emmitt Till. It continues today. nytimes.com/2017/01/27/us/…
UPDATE: Amy Cooper’s “apology:”

She says she is “not a racist,” she “was just scared,” because she was “alone” in the park, and “did not mean to harm that man in any way” or harm “the African-American community.”

This isn’t an apology. It’s the “scary Black man” justification.
Christian Cooper said he filmed the incident because:

"Unfortunately we live in an era with things like Ahmaud Arbery, where black men are seen as targets. This woman thought she could exploit that to her advantage, and I wasn't having it."

amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/05/26…
Amy Cooper told CNN, that since the video was posted, her "entire life is being destroyed right now."

She knew the NYPD could have ended the man’s life. She weaponized his Blackness against him. She is now playing the victim. This is how whiteness works.
CNN really tried to “both sides” this story by asking if Christian would accept an apology. She tried to get him killed.

It has also been revealed that the dog, Henry, has has been injured a few times during the two years in Amy Cooper’s care.
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UPDATE Christian explains why he didn’t back down.

“I’m not going to participate in my own dehumanization. I’m not going to feed into this. We live in an age of Ahmaud Arbery where Black men are shot, gunned down because of the presumptions people make...”
That dog treat represented power, power to force #AmyCooper to leash her dog. A Black man having any sort of power over her, over the situation is what set her off. When her yelling frantically wouldn’t work, she decided to call customer service and order the police to her aid.
#AmyCooper says she does “apologize to everyone. Especially to that man, his family-“

However, she also claimed Christian was screaming and she felt threatened. She viewed the dog treats as a threat. In other words, she felt justified. #AmyCooperIsARacist
#AmyCooper tried to manufacture a moment of “wokeness.” She says she didn’t know the police weren’t for everyone. No, she knew perfectly well how police could deal with her 911 call saying a Black man threatened her. That apology is 🗑. #AmyCooperIsARacist
UPDATE: #AmyCooper has been fired from her employer, Franklin Templeton.

The company tweeted, we do not tolerate racism of any kind at Franklin Templeton.
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