Amy Cooper's Charge For Falsely Accusing A Black Birdwatcher Of Assault Has Been Dismissed

The case against Amy Cooper, the woman who called the police to falsely accuse a Black birdwatcher of threatening her life in Central Park last May, was dismissed Tuesday after Cooper completed five therapy sessions as part of a "restorative justice program," prosecutors said.

Cooper was facing a misdemeanor charge for falsely reporting an assault during an encounter with Christian Cooper (no relation), who asked her to leash her dog in the Central Park Ramble on May 25, 2020.

She infamously became known as "Central Park Karen" after the encounter...