This week, a video of a white woman named Amy Cooper calling the police on a black man, Christian Cooper, for asking to put on her dog on a leash during a walk in Central Park went viral.
A wave of public outcry and criticism ensued against Cooper’s volatile actions against an unarmed black man.
As social media continues to react to the recent racial incident, Gayle King of CBS This Morning discussed the recent video with co-hosts, Tony Dokoupil and Anthony Mason, after they talked about the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis by a police officer.
“She’s practically strangling her dog, strangling her dog to make these false accusations against another black man.”
“…This story where she falsely accuses a black man on television.