In India, Ishwar Deen spent more than two months and 250,000 rupees ($2,995) modifying his car to look like a helicopter, welding a propeller to the top and a boom to the back. The first day he took the car on the road, police seized it for illegal modifications and fined him 2,000 rupees ($24).
Twyla Stallworth of Andalusia, Alabama, called to file a noise complaint against her neighbor; when no police officer ever came, she set off a car alarm to annoy the neighbor, who then called to report her. An officer was then dispatched to the scene and arrested Stallworth—not for the car alarm, but for not showing identification in her own home. Andalusia Mayor Earl Johnson later apologized to Stallworth and said all charges would be dropped. Under Alabama law, officers can demand ID only from someone who is in a public place and has committed or is likely to commit a crime.
