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Case dropped after woman in racist NYC run-in gets therapy
Read full article: Case dropped after woman in racist NYC run-in gets therapyFILE - This May 25, 2020 file image, taken from video provided by Christian Cooper, shows Amy Cooper with her dog calling police at Central Park in New York. There is no relation between Christian Cooper and Amy Cooper. AdIlluzzi said that when officers arrived, Christian Cooper was gone and Amy Cooper admitted he hadn't tried to assault her. Amy Cooper also warned him she would summon police unless he stopped recording. “There’s an African American man, I’m in Central Park, he is recording me and threatening myself and my dog.
White woman charged in racist NYC run-in made a 2nd 911 call
Read full article: White woman charged in racist NYC run-in made a 2nd 911 callOn the video Christian Cooper recorded of Amy Cooper, he sounded calm and appeared to keep a safe distance from her. There is no relation between Christian Cooper and Amy Cooper. Amy Cooper also warned him she would summon police unless he stopped recording. “Please call the cops,” said Christian Cooper. Police said that by the time officers responded, Amy and Christian Cooper were both gone.
Jury of 7 men, 5 women selected for Weinstein rape trial
Read full article: Jury of 7 men, 5 women selected for Weinstein rape trialHarvey Weinstein and his attorney Donna Rotunno arrive at a Manhattan courthouse to attend jury selection for his trial on rape and sexual assault charges, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)NEW YORK, N.Y. – A jury of seven men and five women was selected Friday for Harvey Weinstein's rape trial after an arduous, two-week process in which scores of people were dismissed because they had already made up their minds about the disgraced Hollywood mogul. During jury selection, prosecutors accused Weinstein's lawyers of systematically trying to keep young women off the panel, though the final gender makeup of the jury turned out to be more closely balanced. For its part, the defense raised an outcry and demanded a mistrial because one of the jurors is the author of an upcoming novel involving young women dealing with predatory older men. The defense said it wasn’t specifically trying to exclude young women but didn’t want jurors too young to understand the way men and women interacted in the early 1990s.