Manhattan judge drops case against ‘Central Park Amy’
18 February 2021 |
9:00 am
We take a look at what the American press is saying about the latest developments in the "Central Park Amy" affair. This comes after a Manhattan judge dropped the criminal case against Amy Cooper, a white woman who falsely accused a Black man of threatening her on the same day that George Floyd was killed. We also look at Ukraine's latest measures to confront Russian influence and discover the surprisingly therapeutic effects of "gongbang".
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