Amy Cooper update: Charge in Central Park birdwatcher incident dropped

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Amy Cooper, the white woman arrested last spring after calling 911 during a dispute with a Black man in New York’s Central Park, had her criminal case dismissed Tuesday

after completing a counseling program meant to educate her on the harm of her actions.

Assistant Dist. Atty. Joan Illuzzi-Orbon said prosecutors were satisfied with Cooper’s participation in the program, which she described as an alternative, restorative justice solution, and were not seeking to pursue the case any further.of filing a false police report, a misdemeanor, and said she would seal Cooper’s case file, in accordance with state law.

Illuzzi-Orbon said Cooper’s program, which included five therapy sessions, stressed appreciating racial identities but not using them to cause harm. The prosecutor said Cooper’s therapist described it as a “moving experience” and that she learned “a lot in their sessions together.

In the video Christian Cooper recorded of Amy Cooper, he sounded calm and appeared to keep a safe distance from her. Reached by phone, Christian Cooper said he had no reaction to the news that Amy Cooper’s case was dismissed. Illuzzi-Orbon said in court that he did not wish to participate in the criminal case.

 

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Lmao the dog is like 'he looks like that dude who came over the other day just with shiny stuff on'😭😭😭

Completely insane that this is national news.

Because...white privilege.

Race Bait Times

Check the box at the top of the court papers that indicates 'White Privilege.' Hopefully, they barred her from adopting any animals.

The “Black man” didn’t want to press charges against the “white woman.”

WhitePrivilege

She has already been tried in the court of public opinion anyway. That episode in the park will haunt her for life.

Of course she did

This is America 🇺🇸

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