A white woman has been fired by her employer after she called the police on a black man in New York's Central Park, claiming he was threatening her.
Christian Cooper, who is an avid bird watcher, had asked the woman if she could leash her dog.
He filmed the encounter which took place on Monday and the video went viral on social media after his sister posted it online.
Our correspondent Jagruti Dave reports.
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Christian Cooper, who is an avid bird watcher, had asked the woman if she could leash her dog.
He filmed the encounter which took place on Monday and the video went viral on social media after his sister posted it online.
Our correspondent Jagruti Dave reports.
In: "Christian Cooper's..."
Out: ...of any kind."
Dur 43 sec
CLIP: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0526CooperFired-jd.mp3