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Charge against Amy Cooper dropped after she completes therapy sessions on racial bias Print this article
The case against the white woman who called the police on a black birdwatcher who approached her in Central Park has been dropped.
A Manhattan Criminal Court judge agreed on Tuesday to dismiss one count of filing a false report at the request of Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi after the defendant, Amy Cooper, completed therapy sessions that focused on racial biases.
Illuzzi said Cooper’s therapist reported that their five sessions were “a moving experience,”
adding that Cooper had “learned a lot in the comprehensive, respectful program designed towards introspection and progress. This type of sentence is an alternative offered under the rubric of restorative justice, in part because Cooper has no previous criminal history.