{"id":51981,"date":"2020-07-09T12:14:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T19:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theaegisalliance.com\/?p=51981"},"modified":"2026-08-27T13:24:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T20:24:47","slug":"karen-calls-police-on-black-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/fr\/2020\/07\/09\/karen-appelle-la-police-a-propos-dun-homme-noir\/","title":{"rendered":"A \u00ab\u00a0Karen\u00a0\u00bb Called Police on a Black Man Sitting in His Car Outside His Own House"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_69594\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g6yOhgb6mU8?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"A &quot;Karen&quot; calls police on a black man sitting in his car outside his own home\"  src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/g6yOhgb6mU8\/maxresdefault.jpg\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A woman on a residential street called the police on a Black man sitting in a car outside his own house. He got out, walked past her, opened his front door, and went inside. A roommate confirmed he lived there. She kept talking. She accused him of dealing drugs. She pointed at a car in the driveway as if it were evidence. He asked her to watch her mouth around children. The clip did what those clips did in 2020: it went nationwide, the word \u00ab\u00a0Karen\u00a0\u00bb did the rest, and a lot of people who had never met either of them picked a side.<\/p>\n<p>The pattern was already a genre. Amy Cooper called police on birdwatcher Christian Cooper in Central Park on May 25, 2020 after he asked her to leash her dog, telling a dispatcher \u00ab\u00a0an African American man\u00a0\u00bb was threatening her life. She lost her job. This driveway video is simpler. He was home. She called anyway. The AEGIS Alliance is not here to invent a federal case out of a doorbell camera. We are here to say the reflex to summon armed officers onto a Black man in his own driveway is the story, and it did not start or end with this woman. Several cities later moved to make a false, racially motivated 911 call a punishable offense.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/PublicFreakout\/comments\/ho2xgf\/karen_calls_police_on_man_sitting_in_his_car\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Originally posted on Reddit<\/a>. Related from The AEGIS Alliance: <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/2020\/08\/12\/florida-police-place-8-year-old-boy-in-handcuffs\/\">Key West police and an 8-year-old<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/2025\/05\/30\/off-duty-cops-brutalize-black-bouncer-who-stopped-cops-domestic-assault\/\">off-duty cops who brutalized a Black bouncer<\/a>, and more <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/category\/news\/crime-news\/\">Crime News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A viral video shows a woman calling police on a Black man sitting in his car outside his own house. He walked past her, opened his front door, and went inside. 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