White woman calls 911 for black man to lose lawsuit
Amy Cooper, a white woman fired after she called 911 to a black bird watcher in Central Park claims that he threatened and attempted to assault her, having lost a discrimination lawsuit against her former employer.
U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams on Wednesday determined Cooper’s claims against investment firm Franklin Templeton were unfounded. In a 17-page ruling, Abrams denied Cooper’s allegations of discrimination on the basis of race and sex, defamation, intentional emotional distress, and negligence.
“We are happy that the court dismissed the lawsuit. We continue to believe the company responded appropriately,” Franklin Templeton told USA TODAY.
In May 2021, Cooper sued Franklin Templeton – alleging that the company unlawfully fired her without conducting an internal investigation and made defamatory statements against her online. society.
Abrams ruled that the act of watching the video of the incident and discussing Cooper’s conduct would “meet a reasonable interpretation of ‘internal review'” and that “the accusation of bigotry is a statement of opinion.” protected, rather than a defamatory statement that is in fact likely to be proven true or false.”
The company announced Cooper’s termination on Twitter, saying “We do not tolerate any form of racism,” shortly after a video of Cooper in May 2020 went viral. transmission.
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In the video, Cooper is walking her dog in the Ramble, an area of Central Park that requires a dog leash, when Christian Cooper, a Black birdwatcher who is not related to Amy Cooper, falls in love. Ask her to leash her pet.
Cooper reports a 911 call and alleges that a man named Christian Cooper – who is not related to her – has threatened her life. The incident happened in the Ramble, a wooded area of Central Park, where dogs are required to be on a leash. The man, who was watching the birds, asked Cooper to put her dog on a leash in the park.
When their exchange escalated on Memorial Day 2020, Amy Cooper called 911 and reported that “an African American man … was threatening me and my dog.” Christian Cooper, meanwhile, began filming Amy Cooper’s actions.
The video, which was posted on social media, garnered millions of views that day. The incident happened on the same day George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis by Derek ChauvinThe white police officer knelt on his neck and was found guilty of murder last month.
The Allegation has been dropped against Amy Cooper last year after she completed an education and psychotherapy program focused on racial justice.
In her lawsuit, filed in federal court, Amy Cooper alleges Franklin Templeton’s actions allowed her to be “characterized as a privileged white woman ‘Karen’ caught on video abuse by spoken by an African-American man for no other reason than the color of his skin.” The complaint said the woman was motivated primarily by fear during the exchange, not by race.
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Amy Cooper also claimed that the company advocated three male employees for misconduct, including insider trading and domestic violence, and that her termination was unfair. But Abrams ruled that the cases were not similar and could not prove bias.
“Plaintiff’s dissatisfaction with the adequacy of Defendant’s investigation – even if objectively warranted – is not sufficient to support an inference of discrimination,” Abrams wrote in idea.
An attorney for Cooper did not immediately respond to USA TODAY’s request for comment on Thursday.
Contributing: Ryan Miller, USA TODAY