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Published: 27 May 2021 10:11 AM BdST
Updated: 27 May 2021 10:11 AM BdST Christian Cooper displays a video recording of Amy Cooper (no relation) on his smartphone in New York s Central Park on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. In a racist confrontation with a black bird-watcher in Central Park, Amy Cooper s choice of words was striking. The New York Times.
Amy Cooper, a white woman who last year became an international symbol of the routine racism that Black people face in their daily lives, is suing her former employer for firing her, arguing that she is a victim of racial discrimination.
By Cherranda Smith
Last May,
Amy Cooper, dubbed online as “Central Park Karen,” made headlines after a video showed her calling the police falsely claiming a Black man was threatening her. The video went viral, and ultimately led to her employer at the time, Franklin Templeton, to firing her. Now, Cooper is suing.
CNN, Cooper filed a suit against the financial firm on Tuesday (May 25) in Manhattan federal court, a year after the incident. The suit names the firm’s CEO
Jenny Johnson and other unnamed employees who Cooper alleges unfairly categorized her actions as racially-motivated –– which she continues to deny. Cooper also called out the firm for publicizing the incident on social media and says the company lied about conducting an investigation of the incident.
Amy Cooper, White Woman Who Called 911 on Black Birder, Sues Over Firing
Ms. Cooper, who made the call after a man asked her to leash her dog in Central Park, says that she was discriminated against because of her race.
Amy Cooper as seen in the video of her encounter with Christian Cooper. Her employer fired her shortly after the video was viewed widely online.Credit.Christian Cooper/via Associated Press
May 26, 2021Updated 9:52 p.m. ET
Ms. Cooper makes the claim in a lawsuit filed this week against the investment firm Franklin Templeton, which terminated her employment a year ago after she was captured on a widely shared video in a tense encounter with a Black bird-watcher.
The white woman who was widely condemned and fired after a videotaped dispute with a Black man in Central Park over an unleashed dog last summer has filed a lawsuit against her former employer.