A woman in Massachusetts who has been nicknamed online “Dog Park Diane” called police after a man’s dog humped her own pet in a way that she did not feel was appropriate. She is white and the man involved is black. The confrontation happened at the Attleboro Dog Park in Massachusetts. The man involved, Franklin Baxley, recorded the incident and posted the video to Facebook on February 27. At one point, he asks the woman whether she had heard of “BBQ Becky,” who went viral in 2018 after she was recorded calling the police on a group of black people who were barbecuing at a park in Oakland, California. Baxley tells the woman, “this is the newest” version of the BBQ Becky incident. Baxley alleged that her decision to call police was racially motivated. He is heard stating in one of the clips, “Because I’m black… I bet if I was white you wouldn’t have called the cops.” The police responded to the park but no charges were filed. Here’s what you need to know. 1. Franklin Baxley Recorded the Confrontation & Repeatedly Argued That the Dogs’ Behavior Was Normal Franklin Baxley began recording as the woman called the police. He states on the video that she had asked him to leave the park, and expressed disbelief that she would call the cops over his dog humping her dog. The woman tells police that Baxley was “verbally assaulting” her,” to which he responded, “I’m not verbally assaulting you! I told you I’m not leaving.” The woman’s friend intervened, stating, “That’s inappropriate for the dog park.” Baxley argues that it’s normal dog behavior, stressing, “I’ve seen every single dog hump another dog here. And she tells me to leave, and now she’s calling the cops.” Baxley then reads off what he says is the woman’s license plate and urges the public to look her up. The woman’s friend again approaches him and says he was not following the rules of the dog park, stating that owners are supposed to prevent their pets from acting aggressively. Baxley responds, “The dogs hump each other every day!” He again argued that the situation did not warrant calling the police. 2. ‘Dog Park Diane’ Argues That Baxley’s Dog Had Assaulted Hers & Said It Was ‘Shameful’ For Baxley to Yell At Her Franklin Baxley and “Dog Park Diane” interacted more as they waited for police to arrive, and he kept filming. In a separate video, the woman states, “this is not shameful. You know what is? Yelling at me and assaulting a woman.” Baxley responds, “I can yell at you because you’re yelling at me. You’re telling me to leave. I don’t have to leave the park because my dog tried to hump your dog.” She then stated that his dog had assaulted her dog. Baxley exclaims, “Are you people serious?” The woman’s friend told Baxley that he wasn’t listening. 3. Baxley: ‘I Bet If I Was White You Wouldn’t Have Called the Cops’ Franklin Baxley accused the woman of being racist in a later clip, as they waited for police to arrive at the dog park. The clip begins showing the two dogs playing. Baxley mocks “Dog Park Diane” by saying in a sarcastic tone, “Look at that assault, guys! Oh my god, he’s assaulting my dog. Let me call the cops.” The woman’s friend then alleges that other people had complained about his dog, but she trails off as Baxley explains that he took his dog off of hers as the dog was humping. Baxley repeats that he doesn’t need to leave the park. The friend then turns to “Dog Park Diane” and says, “I love this video stuff.” The friend argues that the cops were called because he was “not following the ordinances.” Baxley then accuses the women of being racist. “You know what it is? Because I’m black, so she decided to call the cops… I bet if I was white you wouldn’t have called the cops.” 4. The Woman Yelled at Baxley to “Get Away” From Her as He Repeated That He Did Not Need to Leave the Park Franklin Baxley posted another video that shows what happened once the police arrived. He wrote in the caption, “Here is the one where she starts behaving as if she is threatened by me and is accusing me of following her around the park as I am following my dogs like any other dog owner. I was annoyed, so I began mocking her. Sorry, not sorry.” The woman is heard saying, “Get away from me” at least four times. She appears to be walking away from him as the police arrived. Baxley laughs and mocks her, saying “This woman’s like, ‘stop walking around, don’t run around a public park, no I’m scared! Run away.’ I don’t have to go where you tell me to go, lady. No, you leave the park with your dog.” An officer then approaches Baxley and asks how he’s doing. Baxley says, “Doesn’t seem to be a problem here if you ask me.” The woman’s friend then reappears and says, “Amazing how your voice has gone so calm and low now.” The officer is heard saying “ma’am” and appears to be gesturing her to back away so he can speak with Baxley. The officer then begins the conversation by asking about Baxley’s car, which he had left running in the parking lot. He informed Baxley that it’s illegal to keep your car running like that, and Baxley said he would shut it off. In the comments, Baxley clarified, “he didn’t give me a ticket, so I guess that was cool. Sucks he couldn’t just tell the lady to go home and stop wasting tax payer money though.” The officer does not verbally address “Dog Park Diane’s” allegation that Baxley’s dog had humped her dog in an aggressive manner. Instead, the officer calmly tells Baxley that he should not have gotten close to the woman and explains that his mannerism could have been interpreted as an assault because of the proximity. Baxley then points to the dogs, who had begun playing together again.<doc-sep>A white Massachusetts woman has been dubbed "Dog Park Debbie" after she called the police on a man. Why? Because his dog humped hers at a dog park in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Franklin Baxley, 42, posted cellphone footage on his Facebook page showing the woman's reaction. And here's what he recorded once the police arrived: An employee at the dog park responded to the situation, saying: "That's inappropriate for the dog park." "Have you heard of BBQ Becky? Because this is the newest one," Baxley said, a reference to environmental scientist Jennifer Schulte, who became known online as "BBQ Becky" after a viral video showed her calling the police on a group of black people who were barbecuing in an Oakland, California park. The dog park employee replied: "You cannot allow your dog to aggressively hump another dog." Baxley later spoke about the incident to Yahoo Lifestyle: "I visit this park twice a day and all the dogs get excited when a new one is here. When the woman came in, my dog Dusse ran over and humped hers, so I immediately removed him and apologized, explaining that he's a puppy." Dusse proceeded to hump the woman's dog two more times and both times Baxley and the woman had to pull him off: "She said, 'I think you need to leave because your dog keeps doing that.' I said I wasn't leaving, and she took out her phone and called 911. It escalated quick." A police officer arrived. Baxley told him: "She told me to leave the park because my dog assaulted her dog by humping him. That's where we're at, sir." "I asked you to leave because your dog was humping mine and those are the rules," said the woman, who then told the officer: "I don't know why he's doing this." The cop replied: "I'm used to it." The incident sparked outrage on social media and some suggested that the authorities should charge the woman with making a false report. The call, critics say, amounted to a waste of police time. Baxley says he believed the incident was racially motivated. "This woman wanted to impress upon me that she was superior," he said. "Her first instinct was to call the police when in conflict with a black person." Here we go again.<doc-sep>A black man said a white woman called 911 on him at a Massachusetts park because his dog had "assaulted" hers. "Your dog keeps humping my dog and assaults him," a woman on a phone told the man, Franklin Baxley, who posted several videos on Facebook Wednesday of the incident at Attleboro Dog Park. "My dog’s assaulting your dog, do you listen to yourself?" Baxley answered, adding that after he separated the dogs, the woman asked him to leave the park. The woman on the phone then accused Baxley of "verbally assaulting" her. Another woman intervened and accused Baxley of breaking the rules. Neither woman has been identified. "I know the rules," Baxley said. "I’ve seen every single dog hump another dog here." "You heard of Barbecue Becky cause this is the newest one, right here," Baxley added. "I bet if I was white you wouldn’t have called the cops." Franklin Baxley with one of his dogs. Franklin Baxley Baxley continued to film to which the woman not on the phone reacted: "I love this video stuff, like everybody cares." An officer did show up and was quick to warn Baxley that his running car is "actually a motor vehicle citation." Baxley said he didn't know that and would shut it off, and tried to explain what had happened. "She told me to leave the park because my dog assaulted the dog by humping him. That’s where we’re at, sir," Baxley said. Baxley added that he was accused of threatening the woman who called police after he stood next to her to explain that his dog was just being a dog. "Don't do that, sir. Don't do that to people," the officer told him. That could be considered as an assault because even though you didn’t touch the person, but you’re like that close." The officer then turned his attention to the woman who had called police. "I don’t know why he’s doing this. It’s really annoying," the woman told the officer. "Oh, I’m used to it though," the officer responded. Baxley told NBC News that after "comforting" the woman, the officer threatened to ticket him for his running car. Requests for comment from the Attleboro Police Department were not returned. Baxley decided to take his two dogs and leave because he didn't want to be ticketed "or worse," he said. Dozens of incidents of white people calling police or threatening to call police on black people who were going about their business were reported last year. Recently, a mixed-race couple was having professional photos taken of their 11-month-old daughter in an upscale Houston neighborhood when a white woman angrily demanded they get off a patch of grass. She unleashed her dog and yelled at their photographer for bringing “these” people into “her” neighborhood.<doc-sep>When an officer showed up, he questioned Baxley about leaving his car running and warned him that it’s a ticketable offense. He assured him that he would turn off the vehicle.<doc-sep>
A woman called the police because a man’s dog humped hers in a park — and now she’s called Dog Park Debbie. (Screenshot: Franklin Baxley via Facebook) #DogParkDebbie called the police on a man because his dog humped hers — in a dog park. According to Franklin Baxley, 42, a woman called 911 at the Attleboro Dog Park in Massachusetts Wednesday after one of his pit bulls greeted her dog by mounting him. “I visit this park twice a day and all the dogs get excited when a new one is here,” Baxley, a former attorney, who is black, tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “When the woman came in, my dog Dusse ran over and humped hers, so I immediately removed him and apologized, explaining that he’s a puppy.” When Dusse did it two more times, both Baxley and the woman pulled him off. “She said, ‘I think you need to leave because your dog keeps doing that,'” Baxley tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “I said I wasn’t leaving, and she took out her phone and called 911. It escalated quick.” Posted by Franklin Baxley on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 Baxley filmed the 911 call while the woman read his license plate number over the phone. Then a park employee (who did not return Yahoo Lifestyle’s request for comment) told Baxley, “That’s inappropriate for the dog park. I know it’s normal…” “Have you heard of BBQ Becky? Because this is the newest one,” Baxley replied. “You cannot allow your dog to aggressively hump another dog,” said the employee. Baxley tells Yahoo Lifestyle that after the woman got off the phone, her dog started humping Dusse. “She didn’t say anything,” he said. In Baxley’s second video, he starts walking after his dogs, who are nearby the woman. “Get away from me, get away from me!” she said. “I don’t have to go where you tell me to go, lady,” said Baxley. Here is the one where she starts behaving as if she is threatened by me and is accusing me of following her around the park as I am following my dogs like any other dog owner. I was annoyed, so I began mocking her. Sorry, not sorry. Posted by Franklin Baxley on Thursday, February 28, 2019 A police officer came into the park and Baxley told him, “She told me to leave the park because my dog assaulted her dog by humping him. That’s where we’re at, sir.” Story continues “I asked you to leave because your dog was humping mine and those are the rules,” said the dog owner, then to the officer: “I don’t know why he’s doing this;” the cop responded, “I’m used to it.” A representative of the Attleboro Police Department could not provide a police report to Yahoo Lifestyle in time for publication. Baxley will continue his daily visits to the park where his dog loves to play. “This woman wanted to impress upon me that she was superior,” he tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “Her first instinct was to call the police when in conflict with a black person.” Read more from Yahoo Lifestyle: Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter for nonstop inspiration delivered fresh to your feed, every day.