Woman who called police on Black bird-watcher faces skeptical court in employment appeal
Reuters
23-05-19 16:20
Amy Cooper has been denied a lawsuit by the US appeals court system that would have seen her able to accuse former employer Franklin Templeton of illegally firing and defaming her. A three-judge panel within the Manhattan division of the Second US Circuit Court of Appeals said they were skeptical about Cooper's claims that the Franklin Templeton bosses had hidden facts regarding her behaviour that would have allowed her to keep her job. In the viral video from May 25, 2020, Cooper can be seen calling the police on a Black bird watcher and, during the call, pretending that "an African-American man" was "threatening my life."