‘Central Park Karen’ Amy Cooper sues ex-employer for racial discrimination

The “Central Park Karen” who went viral last summer for calling the police on a Black birdwatcher is suing her former employer for firing her over the incident — accusing the company of axing her without a thorough investigation and discriminating against her because of her race.

She went viral in May 2020 after video showed her yelling at birder Christian Cooper and calling the police to claim an "African American man" was "threatening" her while she was walking her dog in Central Park. Her suit argues that she did not call the cops on Christian because she is "racist" — but rather because the "overzealous birdwatcher" selected her as a "target" in a feud between bird and dog lovers. "Even a perfunctory investigation would have shown that Plaintiff did not shout at Christian Cooper or call the police from Central Park on May 25, 2020, because she was a racist — she did these things because she was alone in the park and frightened to death after being selected as the next target of Christian Cooper, an overzealous birdwatcher engaged in Central Park’s ongoing feud between birdwatchers and dog owners," it alleges.