[1] The month after, the New York state legislature passed a law classifying false police reports against protected groups of people—including race, gender, and religion—as a hate crime.
Shortly after the incident, Amy's employer, investment firm Franklin Templeton, fired her and said in a statement that they "do not tolerate racism of any kind".
[3] On July 6, 2020, the Manhattan District Attorney announced that Amy Cooper had been charged with filing a false police report, a misdemeanor with a penalty of up to one year in jail.
Amy left the United States and returned to her native Canada, citing doxing and death threats as among the reasons for doing so.
In an effort to make the birdwatching community more inclusive, he also hosted a National Geographic TV show Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper, for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2024.
On the morning of May 25, 2020, portfolio manager Amy Cooper was walking her dog in an area of New York City's Central Park known as the Ramble.
"[20] In a Facebook commentary four days after the incident, television host Trevor Noah said that the confrontation between the two Coopers was an example of how White and Black Americans see, and are seen by, the police differently.
[21] He said that this event being captured on video meant that viewers could perceive Amy Cooper's actions as deliberate, and verifying the police's unequal treatment of people of different races.
Julia Carrie Wong of The Guardian wrote, "It was through that performance that Amy Cooper took on the mantle of an American archetype: the white woman who weaponizes her vulnerability to exact violence upon a Black man".
[1] The August 3, 2021, episode of the podcast Honestly with Bari Weiss—titled The Real Story of "The Central Park Karen"—described the incident and suggested that the original media reports were biased against Amy Cooper.
[23][24] Penguin Random House published Christian's book Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World in June 2023.
That month, National Geographic TV released the show Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper, which focused on encouraging more diverse groups of people to birdwatch.
[25] In 2018, New York State Assembly member Félix W. Ortiz first proposed legislation that would consider falsely reporting criminal incidents against protected groups of people—including race, gender, and religion—to be a hate crime.
[29][30][31] Governor Andrew Cuomo subsequently supported it as part of a set of other proposals related to police reform for the 2020 New York legislative session, and he signed it into law in June 2020.
[7] On July 6, 2020, the Manhattan District Attorney (DA), Cyrus Vance Jr., announced that Amy had been issued a desk appearance ticket (an order to appear in New York City Criminal Court) and charged with filing a false police report, a misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of up to one year in jail;[32] lesser sentences could include community service or counseling.
The important thing the incident highlights is the long-standing, deep-seated racial bias against us black and brown folk that permeates the United States".