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1. feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Tuesday, 26-May-2020 16:37:53 UTC feld

   • feld
   Black man asks woman to please leash her dog, he's there bird watching and the dog isn't supposed to be off leash.
   
   
   
   "I'm taking a picture and calling the cops," Amy Cooper is heard saying in the video. "I'm going to tell them there's an African American man threatening my life."
   
   and then:
   
   "I'm not a racist. I did not mean to harm that man in any way," she said, adding that she also didn't mean any harm to the African American community.
   
   
   
   OHHHH she's not a racist, you just threaten to have the cops come and shoot him
   
   
   https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/us/central-park-video-dog-video-african-american-trnd/index.html
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   • GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 27-May-2020 00:31:05 UTC GeniusMusing

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     • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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     Franklin Templeton on Twitter
     https://twitter.com/FTI_US/status/1265348185201008641
     
     >Following our internal review of the incident in Central Park yesterday, we have made the decision to terminate the employee involved, effective immediately. We do not tolerate racism of any kind at Franklin Templeton.
     
     ‘We Don’t Tolerate Racism’: White Dog Owner Who Called Cops on Black Bird Watcher Is Fired
     https://nu.federati.net/url/269945
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