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Amy Cooper in Central Park May, 25, 2020 (Photo: Christian Cooper)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Amy Cooper \u2014 the white New York woman who went viral last year for calling the police<\/a> on a Black man named Christian Cooper who was birdwatching in Central Park<\/a> last Memorial Day \u2014 is now suing her former employer for alleged racial and gender discrimination. The complaint was filed in <\/span>New York<\/span><\/a> federal court on Tuesday, May 25, exactly a year after Amy Cooper was caught in a verbal dispute with Cooper, a birdwatcher, during which she falsely claimed to police that an “African American man” was threatening her and her dog. Amy Cooper, who formerly worked for Franklin Templeton, was an insurance portfolio manager. She claims in the suit that Christian was \u201can overzealous birdwatcher engaged in Central Park\u2019s ongoing feud between birdwatchers and dog owners.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As expected, the video gained traction via social media after several instances of white women calling the police on Black men and women popped up on social media in the last few years. Cooper believes that Franklin Templeton gave in to the public push for her company oust. \u201cFranklin Templeton perpetuated and legitimized the story of \u2018Karen\u2019 vs. an innocent African American to its perceived advantage, with reckless disregard for the destruction of Plaintiff\u2019s life in the process,\u201d her attorney Matthew Litt writes in the suit. The company said in a statement after the incident that it was conducting an investigation. But Amy Cooper says she was never contacted about an internal probe. The company would have performed a fair investigation were it not for Amy Cooper\u2019s gender and race, she argues. Her personal and professional life have been destroyed, according to the suit. \u201cWe believe the circumstances of the situation speak for themselves and that the Company responded appropriately. We will defend against these baseless claims,\u201d Franklin Templeton says in a statement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Amy Cooper was criminally charged with falsely reporting an incident. \u201cI\u2019m going to tell them there\u2019s an African American man threatening my life,\u201d she frantically says in the viral video. The charge was dismissed in February after she attended therapy sessions. A few days after the initial incident Christian Cooper publicly accepted Amy Cooper\u2019s apology on\u00a0<\/span>The View.\u00a0<\/span><\/em>\u201cI do accept her apology,\u201d Christian Cooper says. \u201cI think it\u2019s a first step. I think she\u2019s gotta do some reflection on what happened because up until the moment when she made that statement. It was just a conflict between a birder and a dog walker, and then she took it to a very dark place. 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