That's not what happened.
I don't hate Mr. Cooper, and I don't begrudge him or his sister, Melody Cooper, the employment opportunities which they are now accruing.
I just don't think that the incident was:
-all Amy Cooper's fault
-a situation that Amy Cooper initiated
-a situation which Christian Cooper attempted to de-escalate
-anywhere near as big of a deal as it's been turned into by the media
-a good reason for what Amy Cooper has been through, is going through and will go through in some way for the rest of her life
-a good reason to permanently associate Ms. Cooper with a problematic law that is going to make people afraid to call 911
If you are worried about a conflict with someone and it is not resolving verbally, calling the police is the right thing to do. That's what she did, and she was upset. What people say when they are upset should not be used against them for the rest of their lives. It is manipulation and cruelty to say that she "weaponized her tears." That is ridiculous, particularly since Mr. Cooper had not only weaponized his phone's camera for that incident but wrote about it at Facebook, uploaded the video even though she was about to leash her dog when he started filming and even so he wouldn't leave her alone, called her a "Karen" in print, described the incident honestly enough to show that he had said things that someone who didn't know him could interpret as being threatening, made it clear also that he does this to people all the time, and then either sent the video to his sister so she could upload it and also call Amy Cooper a "Karen" or had no objections when she did.
Mr. Cooper could have called the police if it really bothered him that Amy Cooper's dog wasn't on a leash. He did not have to stand there and give her such a rough time or even talk to her at all. He played the victim; he set her up for that. It is classic for people who are feeling a little malicious to upset other people while "remaining calm" so they can make them look stupid. Anyone who doesn't know this does not have a junior high school diploma.
Why not take the issue of false reporting under advisement, put off a vote, gather fact-based evidence from a large population sample so that you're not changing the law on the basis of this ambiguous incident which was sensationalized by the historically misogynist media, and revisit it at a later time, when you are absolutely sure that it's an impossible burden on the police to be expected to respond to 911 calls by arriving on the scene in a timely fashion, figuring out what's going on and making the right decision?
Am I biased about this situation because I am a white female who has been harassed nonstop since 2010 when a black man was President and who lives a miserable life with cameras in her bathroom? Am I?
Was I abused because a black man was finally President? No; a white man is President and he doesn't care about it, either.
A black President did not prevent or stop me and a lot of other people from being abused. He did not have to make things worse for Amy Cooper, either, but he has. He shouldn't have done that.