Christian Cooper - the dude who was harassed by Central Park Karen

He seems kind of gay.

Uh, he is, R1.

"Christian, who is gay, and is believed to be in his late 50s, is a former Marvel Comics editor who worked on popular stories including the Darkhold series and Excalibur, and edited some X-Men collections, reports NewsOne. While working on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Christian developed the first openly gay man for the series, Yoshi Mishima. Mishima is a cadet who is “smart, brave, caring young man who was a capable leader, a skilled officer, and an effective fighter,” according to Gay League."

Great shoulders.

Total mary

[QUOTE] and is believed to be in his late 50s

Late 50’s? What the fuck?

Black don't crack!

He can harass me anytime. And I'm no Karen.

He's hot. Went to Harvard as well. If you heard him speak, you'd know that white woman had absolutely nothing to worry about. He's a little nelly.

Damn I need to get back in the gym. He’s old enough to be my father and he’s putting me to shame.

Has to be nudes out there

He looks really good for late 50s! But, I’ve known some birders and they can be bossy, self righteous bitches.

She was wrong, but why was he making such a big deal about it. The dog wasn’t eating any birds.

He’s cute! Hey daddy.

What the hell, a Datalounger who really DOES look 20 years younger than his age. It is truly the end of days.

What a hot guy! He could boss me around all day!

R13 if you are dumb enough to ask why, you are too dumb to function.

A friend of mine is also a Harvard alum Rambles birder in his late 50s. Yes, he does know Christian. Jealous?

He's apparently 57. Very good looking.

Bet there is some serious BBC between those muscular thighs.

He looks 50-something to me.

He looks forty-something to me. And that's fine. He's hot as fuck. Intelligence is sexy.

[QUOTE] Black don't crack!

It cracked for Denzel. He’s only eight years older than this guy but looks like he could be his pops.

Looks like he has a great body. I think he's doing more than watching birds!

Very handsome, hot, nice guy.

He’s occasionally a temp co-host on the NY public access weekly news show Gay USA. He’s adorably dorky when discussing the latest film releases.

I want to see the nudes!

I doubt a classy guy like this has any nudes out there. Christian is a gentleman.

Christian Cooper is a very hot man, but I just read this column in the "Daily News." Interesting take on the incident -- both obnoxious and both wrong.

He doesn't look scary. She overreacted.

Imma get diz white bitch. Hiss!

Is he taken? with looks like that he's near the top of the daddy food chain!

Why was he carrying dog treats and told this woman (who was 100% wrong) that he would give them to her dog. This fact should not be ignored. Sounds like a creepy Daddy to me.

[quote]Why was he carrying dog treats and told this woman (who was 100% wrong) that he would give them to her dog. This fact should not be ignored. Sounds like a creepy Daddy to me.

"Hey, little bitch ... do you like candy?"

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R35, now that was funny, so funny I dropped my iPad.

He should do a datalounge AMA.

He should do an OnlyFans.

birding = cruising

She was a 'fish' preventing him from hooking-up in the woods.

Luke Perry as the "hot gay nerd" birdwatcher on "Will and Grace."

He gets into lathering up his BB cock with peanut butter and letting strange doggies lick it off, ruff ruff....

R4 Oh Fuck! And BBC too, damn

R11 oh please, oh please, oh please

[quote] Why was he carrying dog treats and told this woman (who was 100% wrong) that he would give them to her dog. This fact should not be ignored. Sounds like a creepy Daddy to me.

Yeah, once I found out that detail, I decided BOTH of them were horrible people. I don't currently have a dog, but when I did I would have freaked the fuck out if a person started to give my dog a "treat." Especially if that person was complaining about my dog in someway. I wouldn't have made it a racial issue, but I would have gotten into an argument with the person and suspected them of trying to poison my dog.

R18 here. My friend says birders often carry dog treats because the sight of them often encourages a recalcitrant dog owner to leash the dog immediately or, if no owner is around, a birder will hold on to the dog until the owner shows up. Unleashed dogs chase the birds away.

The media totally eviscerating this woman and comparing her to a murderer is a far cry from 2017 when every man accused was guilty until proven innocent and all women were to be believed. Even Tara Reade still has credibility. What a strange turn of events when you add a dose of race into a story.

Maybe it is just the ones I have met, but every birder I've ever known has been weird. Like serial killer weird.

R46, um, we have video proof of this incident and it has nothing to do with #metoo. Who has compared the Cooper woman to a murderer??

Maybe he's actually late 70s and looks 20 years younger?

I think he's adorable.

Not R46, but there are people on Twitter saying she was trying to get him murdered by telling the cops that an African American man was threatening her. They are saying that if you ever call the cops on a black man you are saying to the cops “kill him.”

[quote]They are saying that if you ever call the cops on a black man you are saying to the cops “kill him.”

Should we ask George Floyd for his opinion?

Oh? Never mind.

R51 I’m not saying it doesn’t happen. But it doesn’t happen as often as people think. For every incident like that one there are dozens where the black guy is not killed. The argument from some on Twitter is basically never call the cops on a black man under any circumstances, or you are a murderer.

If I came across him in the Ramble I would go for any treats he may offer.

R12, He came across a self righteous bitch in the video. Though I still love this intellectual gay black brother. But that not the point. The point is this woman doing the wrong thing felt so entitled and superior that called the cops and not only blatantly lied but also invoked the deepest darkest aspects of societal bigotry ad hysteria: the old trope of the dangerous black man attacking a white woman. This woman is probably educated and behaved like an ignorant antebellum hillbilly traitor.

Are there chickens in the Ramble? Are they like the birders that go to Thailand...?

I meant to say HE came across as self righteous.

R54 antebellum hillbillies tended to be Unionists not Confederates. It is the whole reason West Virginia exists.

[quote] I meant to say HE came across as self righteous.

Well, he was right. The dog should be on a leash.

We'd be happy to put Christian Cooper on a 'leash'.

Pretty.

"I'm going to tell them there's an African American man threatening my life."

Enough said.

But for those of you who miss the point, even Amy never claims he did this.

And she was trying to use racist cops attacks on African-Americans to frighten the birder.

Even worse--she's CANADIAN!

[quote] And she was trying to use racist cops attacks on African-Americans to frighten the birder.

Yes, race baiting at it's "finest". Yet white people wonder what black people are talking about when they talk about white privilege and Karens.

He did nothing wrong or creepy. Hope all the gay men looking for birds in the Ramble will feel comfortable in their pursuits.

I'm waiting for the ass pics. It's probably tight and round. YUM!

I’m thinking his ass is muscled and jutting from Anton of squats. This man is hot as hell.

In the ramble, bird watching used to mean a totally different thing. And people knew not to walk the dog there... times have changed.

The woman seemed very neurotic, someone who would go off at any provocation. Unfortunate encounter all around.

I saw on twitter that her employer has fired her. I hope she moves to Russia and gets raped by Putin's cronies.

[quote] Yes, race baiting at it's "finest".

Oh, dear!

I wonder if he’s ever seen a Purple Martin early in the morning.

Bird watching?

Was he looking for Swallows?

Somewhere down south the KKK is taking out their frustrations over this on some poor unsuspecting black man, what a shame this happened.

[quote]I wonder if he’s ever seen a Purple Martin early in the morning.

I'm sure he's plenty of dick that purple by the morning.

And possibly at least one on a guy named Martin.

He’s very hot.

Back when I was with a volunteer cat rescue group, I used to carry good dog treats with me at all times.

It helped when I was in a remote-ish area and needed to divert stray or off-leash dogs' attention away from me or the cats I was tending.

I don't think this guy's carrying treats was strange at all. And this from someone who thinks most hardcore birders are as nutty as they think we cat rescuers are.

ex New Yorker birder here. The Ramble is a protected habitat. There are signs EVERYWHERE that dogs must be leashed. It's the only safe migratory habitat in the middle of concrete Manhattan. Dogs ripping up grown cover are a disaster. Everyone who's a regular there knows that.

Carrying dog treats is an old birder strategy. You offer the dog a treat, which gets the owner to finally put the damn leash on the dog. Chris Cooper is on the NY Audubon board. He knows the drill.

Yeah, the Ramble was a gay cruising spot back in the olden days (see: Angels in America). Now it's got birdwatchers. Newsflash: Manhattan changed a bunch since the 80s.

^^^ Groundcover

R7 Yeah, but it spread.

I saw a very hot Puerto Rican without a shirt with a pitbull off the leash 2 summers ago in the Rambles. I bet nobody dared to ask him to put the dog's leash on, least of all Mr. Cooper.

[quote] Yeah, the Ramble was a gay cruising spot back in the olden days

Uh, it still is.

I don't find him threatening at all.

He hangs with 11 inches and swings it around to attract all kinds of birdies.

Do they think it’s their perch?

I'm heeere, you're heeere….

Woman here. I would love to have been filmed by him, perfect reason to start a conversation and get close. Sorry to hear he's gay. What a gorgeous man!

What was that woman doing to her dog? It looked like she was aggravating it, dragging it and pulling it by its harness. It looked like she was abusing it.

Uh, not since Grindr/Scruff/etc R82. Maybe some low key action like anywhere in the park, but for sure not at 7:30 am

r50 - You can't know her intent it calls for speculation but the fact she used his race and lied about him threatening her quite possibly could have ensured he was put into a dangerous situation.

He did threaten her.

r91 no he didn't...how did he threaten her?

She voted for Obama twice and donated the full legal amount to his campaign. A true liberal showing her colors. Very sad.

“Look, if you’re going to do what you want, then I’m going to do what I want. But you’re not going to like it.”

She thought he was going to poison the pooch. She was so distraught she didn't realize she was dragging the dog.

Everyone wants her to have said the N-word, but she didn't.

Christian Cooper is another Andrew Gillum. He parties with meth fueled prostitutes in the rambles and doesn't want a Karen and her spaniel spoiling his fun.

The dog sensed her distress and acted accordingly. Dogs can sense what’s happening in their owners even before they do.

[quote] Uh, not since Grindr/Scruff/etc R82. Maybe some low key action like anywhere in the park, but for sure not at 7:30 am

Okay.

Bless your heart.

Nothing he did was remotely threatening to her or anyone. He was bird watching. He spoke to her politely. She, on the other hand, had an animal not restrained as required by law and immediately escalated the situation..

Conservatives are such obvious hypocrites. They're all about morality and law and order, until it's a black person challenging a non-compliant and dishonest white person.

OP, you seem like a jerk.. Are you?

I would so want to be his boyfriend. He is handsome and jacked.

He does appear non violent in the parts of the encounter he chose to record.

Is that really surprising?

She's on video being a vicious, lying cunt.

His behavior is fine.

It's time for this nasty fucking Karen to move back to Canada.

Why doesn't he get that dead front tooth fixed!? It's distracting . But I'd still do him in a heartbeat.

R104 - As someone who got a dead front tooth fixed I thought that too - after awhile you need to or it will just fall out; but that does take years and years, perhaps it is recent. Also, upon reflection, he probably gets enough offers WITH the dead tooth; so maybe he's just thinning the herd a bit.

yep he still has thirsty bitches crawling all over him with even with the tooth. Plus the front teeth cost a small fortune to get fixed

CC shows up on "Gay USA" occasionally, as an alternate host. He's very into films, and usually gives a few reviews. Nice looking, seems polite yet determined not to be dismissed.

[quote]yep he still has thirsty bitches crawling all over him with even with the tooth. Plus the front teeth cost a small fortune to get fixed

All he has to do is marry me and he can use my insurance.

I don’t care about the tooth. So incredibly handsome and sexy. I’d marry him any day

I don't get people who care about teeth more than dick and body. Is that all you have to offer, Chompers?

”determined not to be dismissed.”

Not surprising at all. I would really like to hear what happened before he went to record. Another queen convinced of their importance.

The racists are so emboldened here now. Nothing he did was wrong; everything Amy Cooper did was. Spinning this any other way only reveals how racist you are.

My pussy stinks!

You LOL R113

R112 How Trumpian of you to keep stamping your foot and trying to focus on the woman. Nobody is giving her a pass.

That doesn't change the fact that he initiated the confrontation, told her she wouldn't like what he was about to do, and tried to lure the dog away from its owner. All of which he left out of the video. If he had included his creepy behavior, there would be more sympathy for her. But please, tell us all again about what Amy did while you ignore his culpability.

The very fact that he omitted his own threats indicate that he knew how bad it would look.

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R114 - it was hardly a "threat," more like a quid pro quo - if you don't follow the clearly stated and posted rule abut leashing your mutt then I won't follow the unspoken rule about not offering him a dog bone. As stated numerous times in discussing this incident, his "dog treat" tactic is a common one amongst birders when dealing with entitled scofflaw dog owners in the Ramble.

AND he's hot!

*Yawn*

You get an A for embellishment for that convoluted sentence. You get an F in critical reading skills for making the '"everyone else is doing it" argument. Ill say a B in evasion for never taking on my argument at all.

It was just two indignant individuals wearing their own sleeves of self-righteousness for everyone to see, who fatefully met and in a perfect storm of personal affrontment. However, I do have far less patience with her than him.

NYers know very well they are supposed to leash their dogs in all parks except In enclosed marked dog runs. This woman was way out of line. Birders are all over Central Park and as far as I have observed in a lifetime of going into the park (I’m in my 60s), a normal and even lovely part of the Park vibe. The Ramble did become a gay cruising and hook up destination from the late 60s well into the 90s. I realized it in about 1971 when I was wandering through the Park and thought I’d landed in heaven. There were hot men everywhere. But that’s all changed and the birders are back. It’s also much better attended due to the Central Park Conservancy, a private fund which supplements the City resources. The Conservancy has been primarily responsible for turning Central Park back into a beautifully attended park.

[quote]It was just two indignant individuals wearing their own sleeves of self-righteousness for everyone to see

The Ramble is a protected habitat. Christian was not being "self-righteous" by asking Amy to leash her dog as required. Unleashed dogs damage ground nests and can injure/kill the birds.

I'm impressed by the few posters working overtime to find fault with Christian Cooper's actions or somehow put the two on equal footing. Hope someone is paying you well for your efforts.

There was nothing ambiguous about the banality of his request or the woman's overwrought response, including repeatedly positing his race as an element of her "danger". Nor is there any ambiguity about the historic record of police over-reaction--up to fatality-- to ALLEGATIONS of threats posed by black men, especially to white women.

Luckily, the vast majority of the civilized world was as mortified by this episode as most posters here.

Isn’t anyone else LOL at the sudden law abiding righteousness towards unleashed dogs???

R121, it's not righteousness; dogs in urban parks are always a red hot issue. IIn this case, there are plenty of places in Central Park where dogs are allowed off-leash. One was literally right across the street from the confrontation in the Ramble.

There are almost NO protected bird sanctuaries in NYC. So yeah, birders take that particular area's leash rules very seriously, and anyone who walks their dogs there regularly knows it.

Is 'bird watching' now code for 'I came to Central Park in search of the men's bathroom to troll for some cock'?

Yeah, genius at R123. That's why Cooper's on the board of the NY Audubon Society.

He’s definitely going the extra mile to cover his tracks.

How is the white transplant cunt dealing with the fallout? Is she on suicide watch yet?

he's a cutie

Convince yourself yet, R120?

Maybe if you address his creepy behavior and the parts of the confrontation that didn't make it to the video then you can engage in discourse.

Instead, you repeat your opinion and expect the rest of us to accept it as fact. I don't see how you can type anything with your fingers in your ears and yelling so as not to pay attention to anybody else.

Lemme tell you how whiteness works:

After intentionally trying to get a black man killed by filing a police report, Amy Cooper asked for her previously confiscated dog back.

And got it.

She threatened @NYCockerRescue and they caved.

R114 is working very hard to spin this. Hmm, wonder why. Funny how he tosses accusations of being “Trumpian.” Wonder where that comes from. Hmmmm....

Even if he's not Vlad he's an idiot.

The Rambles...not...safe...

So she got the dog back. BFD. You people are obsessed. I didn’t see anything about her threatening the agency.

How long have bird watchers who go bird watching been calling themselves... "birders"

That term has been around for at least 10-20 years, R134

[quote]She was wrong, but why was he making such a big deal about it. The dog wasn’t eating any birds.

Because his name is “Mary!”

I thought "birder" was what you call it when someone kills a bird.

[quote]She was wrong, but why was he making such a big deal about it. The dog wasn’t eating any birds.

Because the world doesn't revolve around you, her or her illegally unleashed fucking dog.

Some people are petrified of dogs, and I feel bad for the wheelchair-bound who have to face unleashed dogs coming up to them, and not knowing if they are vicious and prone to attacking strangers.

Poor R138. So angry that the rest of the world won't agree with him. Don't they know who you are? And they dare to not give you the place you deserve as the ultimate arbiter about all things race based.

It must be the white supremacists.

R140, I couldn't give less of a shit even if the race aspect wasn't there. If you're a dick who thinks the laws don't apply to you, stay home in your feces-scented shithole with your petting zoo. You're no different than the idiots who let their kids run around restaurants or airplanes or assholes talking on their cell phones during movies...except, letting your dog loose is actually ILLEGAL.

I can tell you smell bad.

where is the ramble? what streets is it adjacent to?

Has the WTC also found another job already? The other Beckys in her circle would have clucking with sympathy, telling her that none of it was her fault and hooked her up with a new job.

R119 You say The Ramble is a protected habitat place but this says the Hallett Nature Sanctuary is the best place for birds because it is permanently fenced-off.

If he's so pretty why hasn't he been picked up for some network TV show on birding yet?

R144, I cannot understand your point.

Are you saying Christian Cooper should have ignored Amy and told the birds to move on to Hallett Nature Sanctuary?

Or are you saying the Ramble does not need its protected status because of Hallett Nature Sanctuary?

Or that the birds can only support one sanctuary in the park?

How big is the fenced section of the Hallett Nature Sanctuary? Does the fenced Hallett Nature Sanctuary need to be made larger to protect birds from free range dogs? Can birdwatchers watch birds from outside the fence?

[quote] Is 'bird watching' now code for 'I came to Central Park in search of the men's bathroom to troll for some cock'?

...with your sister. You do realize he was with his sister, right?

Can we get back to the topic at hand? Who has had him?

He really is a good-looking guy.

That mask is very flattering on Karen.

[quote] I can tell you smell bad.

Ah, the pinnacle of intellectual banter. Such sardonic wit.

R152, I stand by what i stated. You can attempt to be as condescending as you please, but I think you have questionable hygiene. People like you who ignore the illegality of what she did with her dog, have a sense of entitlement when it comes to their pets or even when they don't have them, so there's a tendency to be careless in general. I don't think you shower every day.

He could make me convert to Christian-ity.

He’s a cool dude

The Ramble in Central Park.

He's too fucking old.