"Throughout this time and for the remainder of the video, roughly five individuals were telling her to get off the bike and heckling her," the attorney said. "The fact anyone would treat another person like this is tragic, especially a visibly pregnant woman."

Comrie's story was compared to the story of Amy Cooper, dubbed the "Central Park Karen," a woman who was walking her dog in Central Park on May 25, 2020, the morning of the day that George Floyd died in police custody in Minneapolis, and exactly 10 weeks into the pandemic-inspired shutdowns in New York City.

Cooper was accused of trying to get a black man killed by calling 911 after he tried to lure her unleashed dog away from her with dog treats. He demanded she leash her dog. She demanded he leave her alone. The entire incident spiraled, where she lost her job, the pet shelter from which she'd adopted her dog demanded she return the creature, and the entire city determined that she was racist.

Later, other dog walkers came forward to say that this bird watcher, also named Cooper, had done the same thing to them. These dog walkers included black New Yorkers who'd made the same complaints about the man who weaponized treats to force people to leash their dogs so they would not scare away the birds he was trying to watch.

Comrie's story, and the viral video that spawned it, does not show what NBC, Crump, and so many other claimed. It does not show a white woman "weaponizing" her tears. Instead, it shows a group of young men empowered by a cultural climate that rewards victimization and looks for ways to use accusations of racism to undermine the social fabric and, in this case, make off with a stolen bike.

Perhaps Community Notes will save Cromie from the same cruel fate that was meted out to Amy Cooper.