I'm a black doctor. My neighbors called the cops on me for listening to Biggie.

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104. There's a lot of stuff to unpack here.

First off, it is very scary to have the cops at your door and I understand that. Having had the cops at my door on several occasions. I understand that it's probably more scary if you are black or some other person of color - my husband happens to be a dark Hispanic.

Second, It was 3 p.m. though which isn't usually a time that someone would expect someone would complain about noise. We don't know for sure who or why someone called the police. They could have been someone white, or not. I could have been anyone that has a baby trying to sleep, does shift work or works from home and needs a quiet environment.

I myself have made noise complaints. Usually for the reason that I don't know the neighbor and don't want to confront someone who might be drunk on a Saturday night when I have to sleep because I need to be at work the next day. I didn't take the type of music or the race or ethnicity into account. I really couldn't even tell where the noise was coming from. It was very loud heavy metal music played after 11 p.m. As for it being because of Biggie, sometimes when it's coming through walls, a lot of loud music, you can't even tell what kind of music it is, it's just loud and you want it to stop when you have to be at work at 7 the next day.