Like Jussie Smollett, ‘Central Park Karen’ should face disorderly conduct charges

Published May 28, 2020 9:58pm ET



If Jussie Smollett was charged not once but twice for disorderly conduct, there’s no reason the lady in Central Park who falsely claimed to have had her life threatened (in racial terms, no less) shouldn’t face similar charges.

New York resident Amy Cooper, known on the internet as “Central Park Karen,” found herself all over the news this week after she was seen on an amateur video, recorded Tuesday by a bird watcher in Central Park, calling the police and claiming that the bird watcher was threatening to kill both her and her dog.

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