'White privilege' viral video woman charged over false dog lead death threat claim
dailyrecord.co.ukcharged for falsely accusing a black man of threatening her life after he asked her to put her dog on a lead. New Yorker Amy Cooper, 41, was caught on a video that went viral and sparked debate about "white privilege." Cooper is being charged with filing a false report, a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail.Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance said Cooper is expected to be arraigned on Oct 14."We are strongly committed to holding perpetrators of this conduct accountable," Vance said in a statement.A lawyer for Cooper could not immediately be identified.The May 25 incident in Central Park stirred widespread conversations about racism and how white people treat Black people.It occurred a few hours before George Floyd died.
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