A white woman has apologized after calling police on a black man and saying 'there's an African American man threatening my life'

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A white woman has apologized for calling police on a black man bird-watching in Central Park on Monday morning after the two argued about her unleashed dog.

where it has since been shared thousands of times and became a trending topic on Twitter.

"I think I was just scared," Amy Cooper said."When you're alone in the Ramble, you don't know what's happening. It's not excusable, it's not defensible."white people calling the police on African Americans"I videotaped it because I thought it was important to document things," Christian Cooper said."Unfortunately we live in an era with things like Ahmaud Arbery, where black men are seen as targets.

The two went back-and-forth about the dog leash. Christian Cooper, according to his Facebook post, then told her:"Look, if you're going to do what you want, I'm going to do what I want, but you're not going to like it." "There's a man, African American, he has a bicycle helmet," she says."He is recording me and threatening me and my dog."

 

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