{"id":18189,"date":"2021-02-17T05:23:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T10:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=18189"},"modified":"2021-02-17T05:23:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T10:23:28","slug":"central-park-amy-cooper-has-criminal-case-against-her-dismissed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/02\/17\/central-park-amy-cooper-has-criminal-case-against-her-dismissed\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Park: Amy Cooper has criminal case against her dismissed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A white woman who called police on a black man bird watching in New York’s Central Park has had the criminal case against her dismissed.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Prosecutors say Amy Cooper completed a therapy course addressing racial bias and asked for her charge to be dropped.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A video of Ms Cooper went viral in 2020 and sparked outrage across the US.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In it she was seen threatening Christian Cooper, no relation, with the police after he reportedly asked her to put her dog on a lead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The incident happened the same day that unarmed black man George Floyd died in police custody in Minneapolis, triggering weeks of national and global anti-racism protests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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