Looked up who was the first Karen. As far as who was first in contemporary times, I don't think there's a consensus however Amy Cooper keeps on coming up. So, if not the first, it was circa around her.
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In 2020, when Amy Cooper called the police on a black man in Central Park who asked her to put her dog on a leash, the phrase “Karen” abounded on social media.
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Before the public learned the name of a white woman who called the police on a Black man in Central Park on May 25, she could easily be identified by a moniker. The internet agreed with certainty that Amy Cooper was a "Karen."
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FWIW, here's a story behind the incident. Essentially saying we're missing context (including her sexual assault history) on what occurred.
The Real Story of €œThe Central Park Karen€
I think fair chance that many Karen episodes are taken out of context.