The case arose from a video that went viral, in which Cooper confronted bird-watcher Christian Cooper, who is not related.Īmy Cooper said she would tell police "there's an African-American man threatening my life" after Christian Cooper asked her to leash her dog to comply with park rules.įranklin Templeton fired Amy Cooper the next day, saying it had conducted an internal review and that "we do not tolerate racism of any kind." "Karen" is sometimes used as a pejorative for an entitled white woman. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said Cooper did not prove that Franklin Templeton illegally dismissed her on the basis of race or defamed her by branding her a racist.Ĭooper had been an insurance portfolio manager at Franklin Templeton, a unit of San Mateo, California-based Franklin Resources. appeals court on Thursday refused to reinstate a lawsuit by Amy Cooper, the white woman who became known as "Central Park Karen" after calling police on a Black bird-watcher, against the employer that fired her following the encounter.
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