Amy Cooper Dog Central Park

The white woman who called police on a black man in central park during an encounter involving her unleashed dog has been fired from her job her employer said tuesday. The central park birdwatching incident was a confrontation on may 25 2020 between amy cooper a white woman walking her dog and christian cooper no relation a black birdwatcher in a section of new york city s central park known as the ramble amy cooper s dog was unleashed in the ramble an area where leashing is required. Amy cooper the white woman charged with filing a false police report for calling 911 during a dispute with a black man in new york s central park in may made a second previously unreported call in which she falsely claimed the man had tried to assault her a prosecutor said.