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The cops lied about a call.
https://apnews.com/article/alabama-arrests-race-and-ethnicity-e8638d2a3c479526abee0acb894356d8
Nope, racist neighbors and racist cops
She was probably thinking "How can I tell them apart? They all look the same to me" but at least had the sense not to say it out loud.
Misogynist equivalency.
https://nwlc.org/sexual-assault-by-police-is-a-systemic-problem-that-demands-a-systemic-remedy/
ACAB, of course, but there's more nosy, racist neighbors out there than police. Back when I worked in residential, we had the cops called on us (black coworker) because we delivered a TV
2 cop cars rolled up on us as we loaded the broken TV into our company-branded van in our company-branded shirts. Thankfully the truth of the situation was obvious. The woman who called said she saw two black guys climb the 3 story building and break in through the window on the roof deck...but I had the security logs showing I unlocked their door using their home automation controller. Not to mention that my coworker was a short, round guy. The man can barely climb a ladder, let alone scale a building.
Like I said, they were cool about it but it still wasted half an hour of our day. My coworker said he knew exactly who called...a little old white woman across the street he spotted mean mugging us.
In a better world, the cops would have laughed it off with you and then went right to the woman who reported it and charged her with... something? She didn't file a false report, and she isn't interfering with a case. Maybe interfering with the officers in their duty or something? She clearly lied and wasted everyone's time.
That is false reporting. The problem is then you have to prove that she knowingly lied, and the police/DA are rarely interested in taking the time to do that. It doesn't "get criminals off the street."