Chris Cooper, gay victim in Central Park racist confrontation, endorses Ritchie Torres for Bronx congressional race
made national headlines after a video he shot of a white woman in Central Park calling the police on him following a dispute over her failure to keep her dog on a leash is using his temporary platform to endorse New York City Councilman Ritchie Torres for an open congressional seat in the South Bronx.Cooper, an openly gay East Village resident, has a history of LGBTQ activism, including participating in a counter-protest against a 2011 rally held by then-State Sen. Ruben Díaz, Sr.