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NEW YORK (77 WABC) – Criminal charges against the woman who became known on social media as “Central Park Karen” were dismissed Tuesday after she completed a restorative justice program.
Amy Cooper, a white woman, was walking her dog in Central Park on May 25, 2020 when she called police and falsely claimed that bird watcher Christian Cooper, a black man, threatened her and her dog.
Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi-Orbon said prosecutors were satisfied with Cooper’s participation in the counseling program that was meant to educate her on the harm of her actions, which she described as an alternative, restorative justice solution, and were not seeking to pursue the case any further.
Judge Anne Swern agreed to dismiss the charge of filing a false police report, a misdemeanor, and said she would seal Cooper’s case file, in accordance with state law.
After the incident went viral, Cooper was fired from her job at Franklin Templeton, where she was making a six figure salary.
