I WAS WRONG: The Central Park Karen

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In May 2020, Amy Cooper had her dog off leash in New York City's Central Park, when a black bird watcher name Christian Cooper asked her to leash her dog. In response, Amy Cooper said she would call the police and tell them that "an African American man" was threatening her. A video of the incident went viral, and "the Central Park Karen" was born. Only, the story was more nuanced than the media had led many to believe about what had really transpired that day, and it was reporter Kmele Foster who dug into this story and found levels of detail which, upon reading it, made Mike rethink his position on this incident. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Subscribe to The Gist Subscribe: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ Follow Mikes Substack at: Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Thursday, August 31st, 2023 from Peachfish Productions, it's the GIST, I'm Mike
0:09.2	Pesca.
0:10.2	Memorial Day, 2020.
0:12.1	Two New Yorkers of the same surname were visiting Central Park amid a global pandemic.
0:16.8	Each had an interest in animals, Amy Cooper was walking her dog and Christian Cooper was
0:21.2	watching his birds.
0:23.0	But Amy Cooper's dog was off leash in a part of Central Park where that wasn't allowed.
0:27.8	Amy Cooper warned her to leash the dog and told her, well, I'll read from his online
0:31.8	account posted later that day, me, and this is Christian Cooper on his own web page, me,
0:36.7	look, if you're going to do what you want, I'm going to do what I want, but you're not
0:40.8	going to like it.
0:42.2	He began to offer the dog treats treats he carried with him.
0:46.1	The dog owner freaked out and called the police, her.
0:50.0	What's that?
0:51.0	Me.
0:52.0	Come here, puppy.
0:53.0	Her.
0:54.0	He won't come to you.
0:55.0	Me.
0:56.0	We'll see about that.
0:57.0	But the dog treats I carry just for such intransigence and don't even get the chance to toss any
1:01.9	treats to the pooch before Karen scramble to grab the dog.
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