I once accidentally mistook my white neighbor as a burglar, as he tried to break into his front door with a plastic snow shovel at 3 in the morning. At least a dozen cops showed up - six police cars, including a K-9 unit. Needless to say I was embarrassed and felt bad, but my neighbor was too drunk to remember. This is in Michigan, so it really does seem to be common practice to send half the force to a burglary in progress. The cops handled it well.<p>On the flip side of that, cops in Ohio illegally entered my brothers apartment with guns drawn while he was at work, terrifying his wife who called him saying people were breaking in, causing him to race home at very unsafe speeds while trying to contact the local police. When entering they didn&#x27;t identify themselves, laughed at my sister-in-law, and didn&#x27;t apologize for having the wrong address. Despite checking with a few lawyers, they were told there&#x27;s nothing to be done other than file a complaint with the police.