NEW YORK (Reuters) - A white woman has apologized after a video went viral showing her calling police to say she felt threatened by an African- American man who asked her politely to leash her dog in New York's Central Park.
The video drew outrage on social media where it was viewed more than 28 million times, and the backlash prompted the woman's employer, global investment firm Franklin Templeton, to put her on administrative leave.
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