Amy Cooper, the white woman who called the police on a black man whom she claimed was “threatening” her life as they argued about her dog in a viral video, wants to “publicly apologize to everyone” involved.
How often have bogus 911 calls like this been made in the past? I shudder to think…
Glad Justice Roberts told us that we’ve moved past this sort of thing.
Claiming her life is being destroyed seems to be of a piece with her other exaggerations. Poor thing.
I had words with a woman whose dogs were off leash in a park last week, while I was walking my leashed dog. They were very sweet, but I did not want their attention. I snapped, and she returned fire. It got quite heated.
Anyway, I apologized when I saw her the next day. I should have just left and not have gotten into her business. Being right is not enough reason to cause an uproar these days.
It’s a stressful time. And I think I, for one, am closer to edges than I realize.
Cooper’s LinkedIn profile lists her as “Head of Insurance Investment Solutions at Franklin Templeton.” The company put out a statement late Monday night saying that Cooper had been put on administrative leave.
“We take these matters very seriously, and we do not condone racism of any kind,” the firm said.
I’d be willing to bet reasonably good money that the only reason this crazy, racist White woman has created an apology through CNN is because she works for a well known financial services group. As we go further into their year and international companies such as this look as the bottom line of their balance sheets, the title of “Crazy, racist White woman who ends up embarrassing us by default” won’t be a position they’ll be keeping on.
Can’t tell if she’s racist, or not, but she is very afraid…a common enough thing in America. We ought to note that her language was not offensive, if that means anything. The gentleman involved here handled it about as well as I can imagine considering the circumstances.
Poor dog.
She should have learned to think before acting
Good!
She was willing to destroy that man’s life she should lose everything, the dog, her job and she should be arrested (although I’m not sure if lying on a 911 call counts as filing a false police report)
As it often is, not so clear-cut as the video clip appears.
You don’t offer treats to someone else’s pet without permission.
Does she seem quite over-the-top in her reaction? Sure. But his own statements about what he did beforehand isn’t kosher.
The lack of malevolent language doesn’t rule out racism: it’s the intent to harm a person of color by calling the authorities/authority figure to “teach them a lesson.”
I assume you’ve seen pics of what Emmett Till looked like after the White men got through him?
@jmacaz A part of White supremacy/privilege includes not needing to think before they act against a POC. The fact that someone who isn’t White appears to be challenging them, in any way, precludes rational thinking.
“I did not mean to harm that man in any way.”
Yeah…yeah, you did. That was entirely your intent. You’re the worst kind of race-baiting shithead.
Her poor dog wanted to get as far away from this clown as it could. She probably kicks it.
Agreed, don’t mess with people’s dogs.
I’m not a racist,” Amy Cooper said in an interview with [CNN].
“I just enjoy threatening people who embarrass me by pointing out that I’m breaking the rules and invading people’s day.
The fact that he was a person of color and would be physically endangered by what I was just a bonus. I was hoping to intimidate him and become a hero to all of the idiots on Facebook, and possibly have him executed by the police. Now…and I hope you feel sorry for me…I may lose my job in investments and my housekeeper just called to tell me that she didn’t want to work for me anymore.”
Her hysterical performance on the call was disgusting.
For all the deep state conspiracy theorists - this is an actual ‘crisis actor’.
It has been my experience that adversity reveals character, rather than building character. Ms. Cooper is clearly stressed out, close to the edge, and even a perceived threat through her over. She was clearly wrong and offensive (and almost choked her poor dog) and should seek professional help but a lot of people are walking a fine line right now. She seems sincere in her apology. Maybe we should accept that at face values and cut her a little slack.
When I am afraid of someone I don’t walk up to them and reach up to grab their phone, but that’s just me. I would say agitated would be a better word.
Repeating the phrase African-American man in this context seems to carry a few messages:
Message to the 911 operator: I expect you to treat this with the greatest urgency possible.
Message to the man who approached her and asked her to leash her dog (Not a crime) : These cops know you’re black now. You KNOW what they do to black people right? Better leave me alone immediately.
Though both people pay the taxes that pay the Police, only one person in this incident considered them to be their personal security squad.
“a real ‘crisis actor’”
Once again, wingnut projection makes itself clear.