I&#x27;m sorry, but I don&#x27;t see this as being a matter of &quot;color&quot;. There&#x27;s too much information we don&#x27;t know and it&#x27;s entirely possible that a separate event in the same area was the reasoning behind a large response. No department is going to waste that degree of resources on a simply &quot;burglary&quot;. I think this author is looking to make this an issue of race when it simply was not. Descriptions of people when [potential] crimes are being committed often include skin color. Why? Helps narrow down suspects and provides identifying information. She just happened to have a neighbor who did the right thing: called the cops when they suspected a crime.