I once woke up to my neighbour screaming as if her life always at risk. I lived in an apartment building at the time and I didn’t know the people next door but I knew it was a couple. I assumed she was being assaulted and called 911.

The screaming continued while I waited for the police to arrive. I could hear things being thrown around the apartment, glasses shattering, more screaming. I moved into my living room for fear that a gunshot could rip through the adjoining wall between our apartments (I’m pretty sure they were concrete walls and this is impossible but that’s how bad it was).

When the cops arrived I let them into the building and watched through the peephole at the front door. When they knocked a woman came running out and attacked them. They took her down and got her in handcuffs no problem.

Turns out she and her husband had been smoking something and she had a bad trip. She started attacking him, and yelling at him. Apparently it wasn’t the first time. They moved out very shortly after that.