BREAKING: New York City's Commission on Human Rights launched an investigation into the incident involving a woman who called police after encountering a black man while walking her dog in Central Park.
"At a time when the devastating impacts of racism in Black communities have been made so painfully clear -- from racial disparities in COVID-19 outcomes, to harassment of essential workers on the front lines -- it is appalling to see these types of ugly threats directed at one New Yorker by another," said Sapna V. Raj, Deputy Commissioner of the Law Enforcement Bureau at the NYC Commission on Human Rights.
This screen shot from a video shows the moment a woman called the police on Chris Cooper in Central Park and told them "An African American man is threatening me.""Efforts to intimidate Black people by threatening to call law enforcement draw on a long, violent and painful history, and they are unacceptable."
"I'm going to tell them there's an African American man threatening my life," she is heard on video saying.The commission has the authority to fine violators of the law and can award compensatory damages to victims, including emotional distress damages and other benefits.
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