CBS This Morning host Gayle King had an visceral emotional reaction after viewing two incidents pertaining to state violence and Black men, made the rounds on social media after Memorial Day weekend.
King’s colleague, Vladmir Duthiers began the segment sharing a viral video of a white woman named Amy Cooper, who made a false police claim on Monday morning, when she dialed 911 warning of a “threatening” Black man.
The Central Park incident cut even deeper after it was revealed that a Black man named George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police in a similar, brutal fashion as Eric Garner in 2014.
“I’m still rattled by this last story and she’s practically strangling her dog to make these false accusations against another black man,” she continued, referencing Floyd’s death.
“So we go from that story to this story, where she falsely accuses a black man on television,” continued King.
