The Problem Isn’t Just Amy Cooper

On Monday, the internet erupted with rage after a video surfaced of a white woman named Amy Cooper calling the police on a black man named Christian Cooper (no relation) after he asked her to put her unleashed dog on a leash in an area of Central Park where leashes are required. In the subsequent days, the video went viral, eventually leading to Cooper surrendering her dog to an animal rescue and getting fired from her job at a financial firm.NBC reports that some New York City officials are encouraging law enforcement to launch a criminal probe into Amy Cooper’s actions, specifically the matter of her falsely reporting t
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