This is my Twitter thread describing a series of events with as little bias as possible. Like a robot might do it. But it's me.

On Monday, a white woman named Amy Cooper called the police on a black man in NYC. On Tuesday, a black man was killed by a white police officer in MN.

On Monday, a black man named Chris Cooper was walking through Central Park. He told a white woman, Amy Cooper, to put her dog on her leash. Park rules are indicated on signs, which dictate that dogs must be leashed. This is a transcript, as dictated by Chris Cooper to the news.

This is the ensuing altercation between black man Chris Cooper and white woman Amy Cooper. It was posted to the internet by Chris Cooper's sister, Melody Cooper. Chris Cooper ends the video after she leashes her dog. Her dog is a grey cocker spaniel. https://twitter.com/i/status/1264965252866641920

The dog, whose name I cannot find, was voluntarily surrendered to a rescue group who posted this message on Facebook. The public was concerned after the previous video was spread, as the dog flails several times to escape being strangled due to his owner's handling of his leash.

On Tuesday, a black man named George Floyd was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis. The police were called to his location after receiving a report of a "forgery in progress". I am reading that this means someone tried to use counterfeit bills at a restaurant.

In the videos, a white police officer presses his knee down on Floyd's neck to restrain him for over 7 minutes. Throughout, Floyd says "I cannot breathe" repeatedly, as he is apparently being strangled. His body is visibly limp as it is placed into a stretcher and taken away.

Here are three sources to three videos from different angles, listed in roughly chronological order. The third video may be distressing.

1. https://www.fox9.com/video/688157 
2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/security-footage-shows-events-leading-up-to-handcuffing-of-black-man-in-minneapolis/2020/05/26/b93ac60c-cdd4-4bfe-8ea9-601b2cdf030f_video.html-

3. (two sources, same video): https://www.facebook.com/darnellareallprettymarie/videos/1425398217661280/ https://www.kare11.com/video/news/local/raw-bystander-video-shows-moments-leading-up-to-death-of-man-in-minneapolis-police-custody/89-4fc9ef7f-670b-4899-aafc-f2a2d79a4311

In the incident from Monday, dog walker Amy Cooper was first investigated by her employers, then terminated, effective immediately.

In the incident from Tuesday, the four officers were described as "former employees with the department" by Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo and confirmed terminated by Mayor Jacob Frey. https://twitter.com/MayorFrey/status/1265359374010273792?s=20

Thank you for reading these series of tweets, as factually correct and unbiased as I could possibly make it. There are more considerations that are hard to address without my inherent viewpoint, which will be included below.

This is just two days out of one week in 2020, a year that we can all agree has already been incredibly hard and tough for so many people around the world. These two events show a clear problem in America, one that many professional athletes took a knee for in years past.

Doesn't matter to me if Amy Cooper is liberal, conservative, Canadian, American or whatever else. Fact is, she used a black man's race to create an extremely dangerous and false scenario that could've easily led to that man's death by police officers. That was her first reaction.

In Floyd's case, the problem is obvious, and it has repeatedly been so for as long as I can remember: the police. This is not a functioning system if this is its relationship to its citizens. There are too many innocent black deaths at the hands of police to demonstrate this.

Asians in this country have been subject to a new level of racism and xenophobia that has been fueled by the impact of COVID-19. To me, these incidents are somewhat equivalent to the same racist and hateful way that Amy Cooper instinctively reacted to a black man filming her.

The constant news I see about innocent black people dying unnecessary deaths at the hands of police and other citizens is heart wrenching. After witnessing the rise of anti-Asian racism, I can understand the events of Monday and Tuesday, Ahmaud Arbery, and others more clearly.

I end this Twitter thread with three things. The first is a picture I have reposted multiple times on Twitter. Just because it's

The second is from a British comedy show made by Mitchell and Webb. Whenever I think of it, I use it as a comedic reminder to remember to reflect on my own actions, and I hope that we can all do the same across our many broken institutions. Don't scapegoat. Take responsibility.

And finally, the statement that always rings true to me for those of us looking for light in dark times. I love you all.