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False reporting in New York: charges against a Canadian woman dropped

The decision to drop the charges came after Amy Cooper, 41, attended five racism awareness sessions, prosecutor Joan Illuzzi told a New York judge on Tuesday, according to an account of her speech.

The idea was not to punish, but to educate and promote reconciliation, explained the prosecutor.

According to the trainer who followed Ms. Cooper, quoted by the prosecutor, these sessions were moving andCooper learned a lot “,” text “:” Mrs Cooper learned a lot “}}” lang = “fr”>Mrs. Cooper learned a lot. This allowed the charge of false reporting of a crime, which put him at risk of up to one year in prison, to be dropped.

Amy Cooper’s story struck people’s minds last year, especially since it coincided with the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which sparked a historic movement against racism across the United States.

This white woman was filmed by a black birdwatcher walking her dog off leash in a somewhat wild part of Central Park where dogs are supposed to be kept on a leash.

Furious, she called the police – while being filmed – and claimed to be threatened by an African American.

She then called the police back to claim that the man, Christian Cooper (to whom she was not related), had tried to assault him, according to the complaint released by the prosecutor.

Once the police were there, this vice-president of a management company admitted that he had not approached her. She had been widely criticized on social networks and fired in the wake.

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