Black people followed in stores, Black drivers trailed by police in white parts of town. Two Black men in Philadelphia arrested for simply being in a Starbucks. Do what she says, she ordered, or she’d call the police. On April 29, 2018, a white woman named Jennifer Schulte aimed the same message at a Black family picnicking in a park in Oakland, California. I’m going to tell them there’s an African American man threatening my life.”Īmy had decided to remind Christian where he was. “I’m taking a picture and calling the cops…. Amy pulled out her cell phone and started to dial. CHRISTIAN COOPER, a Black man, out for an afternoon of bird watching in Central Park, had asked Amy Cooper to put her dog on a leash in a place where it was forbidden for dogs to roam free.
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