The Perfect Neighbor (2025)

This is a familiar story with an inevitable tragedy, this one told almost exclusively through police body cameras. In 2022, a white woman named Susan is living in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Florida began frequently calling the police to complain about children playing near her house. Each time the police come, the other adults and children in the neighborhood inform them that the allegations are either exaggerated or completely false. The police give some warnings, make notes on the situation, and leave. They are know what is going on, they name it amongst themselves, but they are unfailingly polite to both the complaintant and the community they serve. Although the police never make any arrests or notice any issue with the children being accused or their parents, the calls continue and there is a lot of sighing about the situation. This white woman will not let up. And then, one day, she acts. It is a familiar enough story, one that rarely makes anything or anyone change thier mind, but occasionally justice is served.