Gayle King left speechless and shaken on air while reporting on racist events
A black bird watcher, Christian Cooper, asked Amy Cooper to leash her dog in Central Park. Her racist meltdown is one for the ages.In the video, Amy Cooper reacted angrily when Christian Cooper asked her to put her dog on a leash in an area of Central Park where leashes are required. The woman is seen asking Cooper to stop filming and threatening to call the police and tell them that “there’s an African American man threatening my life.
“She’s practically strangling her dog to make these false accusations against another black man,” said King, her voice wavering.died in police custodyA video of part of the incident shows the suspect being held down on the street by a police officer who uses his knee to press down on the man’s neck. The suspect can be heard on video pleading for relief and saying, “I can’t breathe,” while bystanders and passers-by urge the officer to ease up on the man’s neck.
“I’m still so upset by that last story where the man is handcuffed underneath a car, where people are pleading ... and we’re watching a man die. We go from that story now to this story where she falsely accuses a black man. I don’t even know what to do or how to handle this at this particular time.“As the daughter of a black man and the mother of a black man, this is really too much for me today,” said King.
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