A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday appeared skeptical of arguments brought by Amy Cooper, the woman who made national headlines in May 2020 after calling 911 on a Black birdwatcher in Central Park, as her attorney urged the court to reverse the district court’s dismissal of her lawsuit against her former employer.

Financial services firm Franklin Templeton announced Cooper’s termination one day after the video went viral, declaring on Twitter that the company performed an “internal review of the incident in Central Park yesterday” and that the company does not “tolerate racism of any kind.”

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