White woman is being prosecuted after racist riots in Central Park

The meeting between the white woman and the black man took place in Central Park in late May. The man, a bird watcher, pointed out to the woman that she must have her dog leashed, after which the woman threatened to call the police and say that an "African American man is threatening" her.

The woman realized the threat while filming the entire event - a video that has been viewed over 40 million times via Twitter.

In a short time, the woman lost her job and suffered massive criticism on social media, consequences that the man has regretted.

"If our goal is to change the underlying factors, I'm not sure we will achieve that by destroying this young woman's life," he said in an interview with The New York Times in May.

The woman, in turn, has apologized publicly and said she acted inappropriately.

Now a prosecutor has chosen to prosecute her for false reporting, a crime that rarely leads to prosecution, according to legal experts with The New York Times.

The incident happened as a wave of protest against police brutality against blacks spread throughout the United States, giving new fuel to the debate about racism against black Americans.