Central Park Dog Case Is Covington 2.0 | National Review
Possibly it was an overreaction for Ms. Cooper to call the police. Then again, when citizens feel threatened, calling the police and letting them sort it out is what is supposed to happen. What Mr. Cooper said to her was unmistakably a threat. It was reasonable for her to be scared. I m going to do what I want, but you re not going to like it ? That s a menacing thing to say. He then called the dog over while offering it a treat. He meant her to think he was going to poison her dog to motivate her to leash the animal. By his own admission, he said something calculated to frighten her. Apparently, he does this all the time; he carries dog treats while birding for just such intransigence. If there were no threat linked to his offering the dog a snack, he would not have prefaced this action by saying, You re not going to like it. He didn t say, Look, let s be reasonable here, I ll even give your dog a nice snack to show I mean well. Mr. Cooper intended to scare Ms. Cooper, he succeeded, and in her fear she called the cops.
This wouldn’t have happened if NYC had must issue concealed carry laws.