As the discussion continued, social media users referred back to the case of Amy Cooper, the disgraced white woman who lied when she called police on a Black bird-watcher in New York's Central Park last year.

As Blavity previously reported, Cooper filed the false report against Christian Cooper after he asked her to put her dog on a leash.

"I'm taking a picture and calling the cops," she said. "I'm going to tell them there's an African American man threatening my life."

“I’m in the Ramble and he is ATTACKING me and he is AFRICAN AMERICAN, send the police to handle this AFRICAN AMERICAN attacking me right now! Listen to the distress in my voice!

And P.S. I myself am 100% white. Come quickly!” pic.twitter.com/ZcppioG9Zs

— Sean Bell (@SeanBellring) June 22, 2021

Emmitt Till

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