Woman accused of taking photos of neighbors’ bedroom. But police call backfires after a single question: ‘Stupidest thing’
That didn't turn out according to the neighbors' plan.
A woman was minding her own business when police were allegedly called after her neighbors accused her of potentially taking photos of their bedroom when they spotted a camera supposedly directed at the room. However, the police call backfired on the neighbors.
The incident was shared by Justinna Patience (@justinnapatience) in a video on TikTok. “My neighbors, hands down, did the stupidest thing you can possibly do,” Patience said in a video that has since gained more than 122,200 views.
According to Patience, her neighbors had noticed she had a camera placed on a tripod lying around in her home. Worried about the possibility of Patience using her camera to photograph the inside of their home, her neighbors allegedly went down the driveway and took a photo of the inside of Patience’s home and the camera on the tripod themselves.
Police doubt the neighbors’ claims
Patience was seemingly left in disbelief and claimed that “from our windows, we cannot see each other.” She added that her neighbors went out of their way to take a photo of an item found inside her home.
Patience said the neighbors ended up calling the police on her and told an officer about their privacy concerns. However, the responding officer allegedly expressed doubt about the neighbors’ claims and questioned why they didn’t take the photo from their bedroom instead.
“The officer even questioned if they think my camera is taking photos into their bedroom,” Patience said. “Why did they not take a photo of my camera from their bedroom to show that’s where it’s pointed?”
According to Patience, her camera wasn’t pointed at her neighbors’ room. But the neighbors tried arguing that it was a “bad angle” and that they “couldn’t see it from their bedroom.” This admission, however, confirmed the officer’s point.
“Exactly. If you cannot see her camera from your bedroom, it is not taking photos of your bedroom,” the officer said, Patience recalled. With that statement, the dispute was resolved.
It was a violation of privacy
In her caption, Patience added that the officer had also addressed the neighbors for “playing funky podcasts” while their garage door was open. “It’s been real quiet ever since,” Patience said.
Viewers couldn’t believe the irony of the neighbors accusing Patience of violating their privacy, only to be caught doing it themselves. “So they called the police to report you of possibly doing something and provided a picture of them doing just that,” one viewer wrote. Another chimed in, saying, “My question is, how did they know what you had in your house?”
When asked if any charges were made, Patience said her neighbors weren’t charged for trespassing, as they took the photo while standing on the driveway. They also weren’t charged with voyeurism.
Other viewers shared their own experiences of unusual 911 calls. A viewer wrote, “Pausing because immediately I know they’re in the wrong. My mom was a 911 dispatcher and people would call 911 if they saw their neighbors tanning naked in their own backyard and my mom would tell them to hang up before the cops show up at THEIR door for violation of privacy.”
In Patience’s case, the incident was an act of intrusion on seclusion, which pertains to a person intentionally intruding on another’s seclusion or solitude through physical or electronic surveillance, according to Cornell Law School. The penalties for violating a person’s privacy vary per state. In Texas, for example, a person violating someone’s privacy can receive a fine of up to $10,000, or 180 days to two years in state jail facilities.
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