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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumswhen Karens take a walk with their dogs off leash in the famous Bramble in NY's Central Park
Link to tweet
Karen called the police cause someone bird watching while a black man politely asked her to follow the rules. That shit might get him killed. Literally. What is wrong with these racist fuckers?!?!
Oh! Wait!
pnwest
(3,266 posts)lllllllove to know what happened when the cops showed up. What a ridiculous, precious snowflake.
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MineralMan
(146,288 posts)I recommend you self delete that.
Maraya1969
(22,479 posts)it here and no one complained. I think in these cases where there is overt racism it is good to call people out. If they are made responsible for their actions they may change them. Otherwise ...nada.
btw the school where the one woman worked tweeted out that she was no longer an employee there. I don't know when she lost her job but they wanted people to know she didn't work there.
IDK ???
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)Do you know how many times the wrong person gets named? Its shocking really. Just because someone is named in a Twitter thread does not mean it is correct. People have been harmed over such mistakes.
BigmanPigman
(51,590 posts)skylucy
(3,739 posts)Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)She was dragging the dog around by the collar, with the front feet off the ground, strangling it! When it yelped, she finally let go, but honestly, that was awful.
Her behavior all around was just unacceptable.
sprinkleeninow
(20,246 posts)restraining him.
I have nothing further to add....
Ghost of Tom Joad
(1,355 posts)I thought she was going to strangle the poor thing😪
dem4decades
(11,288 posts)SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)NameAlreadyTaken
(977 posts)Poor doggie. She clearly doesn't care about the dog at all.
StarryNite
(9,444 posts)CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)Being the "least racist person" you know isn't saying much.
Who does she know?
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)What a racist b**ch! What is wrong with her? I can't believe this is NYC!
Just an FYI, it's the Ramble, instead of the Bramble (I realize that is the Twitter poster's mistake, not yours). Sorry, don't mean to be so picky, but just wanted to make sure people knew what area the poster was talking about.
It's a beautiful area of the park. Very wild and natural, even though it's pretty much man-made.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)I am so glad that her behavior was recorded. It saved an innocent man from going to jail.
-Laelth
jeffreyi
(1,939 posts)Pure dog abuse. It should be rescued.
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)Seriously treating the dog like that and being racist on top of that. Good grief Karen's are losing control left and right
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Just sayin.
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)That's the take away? She mistreated an animal and put a black mans life in danger. I use that against anyone. Not women. Both genders can be the B word.
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)Seriously putting a black man's life in danger and abusing the dog on top of that ...
brooklynite
(94,535 posts)It's " The Ramble".
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)I wondered about that.
Arkansas Granny
(31,516 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)I can't stand dog abuse, either, but falsely accusing a black man of assault is much more upsetting to me than the horrible way she treated her dog - and I love dogs almost more than I like people.
Buzz cook
(2,471 posts)I hope some of the doggy goodness rubs off on this lady.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)That is all.
IronLionZion
(45,435 posts)Someone in that video is definitely a dangerous threat to that dog, and it isn't "the African-American man".
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,334 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)I absolutely love dogs, but just can't with the "Yes, yes, it's a shame that white woman called the police and told them a black man threatened her. But the DOG!!!"
Seriously?
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,334 posts)than BIPOC.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)Her treatment of the dog did turn my stomach ...
But hearing her hysterical voice yell into the phone "An African American man is threatening me. Get the police here right away!" made me want to throw up. How many black men knew their lives were over as soon as they heard these words yelled by a white woman and knew there was absolutely nothing they could do to save themselves?
Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)That was telling.
Your post really struck me. I had not thought of it in terms of putting his life in danger. I thought what she did was horrific, and criminal, but it did not occur to me that it could kill him. Terrifying.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,334 posts)That hysterical 911 call and its historic equivalent have carried a lot more weight than they should have over the years.
Luciferous
(6,079 posts)poor dog!
mnhtnbb
(31,386 posts)What a pathetic woman. Mistreats her dog. How dare that uppity African American man remind me of the leash law! Doesn't he know I'm Princess White Twat?