I was detained by police because my lights were on
Last night after work (i wfh), i heard police sirens and didn't pay much attention to them because i was still on the phone at work. Almost 30 min go by and im still hearing the police and it sounds like they are calling out my address. Because i live in apartments, i was unsure if it was me. I went downstairs to talk to my sister and asked her if she had heard anything. She was watching netflix and hasn't heard anything but when we turned around we saw the flashing blue and red lights by thw front door. So i turned off my kitchen light and cracked the door to see if they were trying to get our attention. Thats when they called out our address and demanded the occupants come out with our hands up.
With no other options, my and my sister followed directions. When i got outside, then entire street was blocked and shut down by at least 7-8 cop cars and at least 6 people had AR's pointed at us as we walked out. After about an hour of being detained they let us go back into the house. Turns out they were looking for the owner of one of the cars in the parking lot and because our lights were on, they assumed it was us.
The cops said if i had waited any longer they were prepared to break in. Thank God i was calm and able to keep my sister calm. With us being 2 black women, you heart a lot of the news about things like this going very wrong. Im glad we got out of that situation as smoothly
Posted Mar 5, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC