"Following our internal review of the incident in Central Park yesterday, we have made the decision to terminate the employee involved, effective immediately. When hours earlier the company put her on administrative leave, Cooper told WNBC she wanted to "sincerely and humbly apologise" to the man, Christian Cooper, who is no relation. Melody Cooper, Christian's sister who posted the latest video, called the dog owner a Karen, slang used to describe a middle-aged white woman perceived to be entitled. "I'm going to call the cops," Amy Cooper tells Christian Cooper on the video, apparently shot on Monday with a cellphone camera. "Please tell them whatever you like," Christian Cooper responds on the video.

Source: bd News24 May 26, 2020 19:52 UTC