Amy Cooper alleges racial discrimination in lawsuit against former employer

Flashback: Cooper was charged for making a false report, but prosecutors later dropped the case after she "completed a therapeutic educational program that included instruction about racial biases," per the New York Times.

• Christian Cooper, the bird watcher who filmed Cooper's response after he asked her to put her dog on a leash, told the View last year that he had accepted her apology.
• He noted she had taken a dispute "between a birder and a dog walker" to a "very dark place" and that Cooper should "examine why and how that happened."

Zoom in: The suit, filed Tuesday night in the Southern District of New York, states: "This confrontation became international news as a racial flashpoint, characterized as a privileged white female 'Karen' caught on video verbally abusing an African American male with no possible reason other than the color of his skin."

• Cooper alleges that Franklin Templeton "nurtured" this characterization, claiming that she called police not because she's racist but because she was fearful.

What they're saying: Franklin Templeton said in a statement to media Wednesday it would defend "these baseless claims."

• "We believe the circumstances of the situation speak for themselves and that the Company responded appropriately," the company said.

Read the lawsuit, obtained by Law and Crime, via DocumentCloud: