Charge dropped against white woman who called police on Black birdwatcher
by Martin Pengelly in New York and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#5E8CB)
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Prosecutors in New York have dropped a charge against Amy Cooper, a white woman who achieved widespread notoriety after she confronted a Black man birdwatching in Central Park who asked her to put her dog on a leash.
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