Woman sues employer who fired her for calling police on Black birdwatcher

Amy Cooper, who said Christian Cooper was threatening her life', is accusing the company of falsely portraying her as racist

Amy Cooper, the white woman who falsely told police that Black birdwatcher Christian Cooper had threatened her in New York City's Central Park, is suing her employer for false dismissal.

In a complaint filed on Tuesday night in Manhattan federal court obtained by Reuters, Cooper claims she was fired by her former employer, the financial advisory firm Franklin Templeton, without proper investigation of the incident and accused the company of falsely portraying her as racist.