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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Bedigan

‘Central Park Karen’ who called police on Black birdwatcher still ‘in hiding’

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A woman dubbed the “Central Park Karen” online after calling the police on a Black birdwatcher, says she is still “in hiding” more than three years after the incident.

Amy Cooper said that she had received an “avalanche of hate and death threats” following the incident in May 2020, and even now was “scared to be in public” and struggles to find employment.

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