Black Man Records White Woman Calling 911 After Accusing Him of Breaking Into His Own Car

A Wisconsin man had the police called on him on Tuesday as he grabbed change from his own car to pay a parking meter. Corvontae Davis, of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, recorded a woman calling authorities after accusing him of breaking into his own vehicle.

"This lady here is calling the cops on me here because I was getting ready to put money in a meter, or whatever, and she has nothing else better to do than ask me if I was breaking into my car," Davis narrates in the 20-second clip.

Corvontae Davis
Corvontae Davis said a woman accused him of breaking into his own car and called police on him on August 14, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Officers quickly realized the vehicle belonged to him. Courtesy of Corvontae Davis

Davis continued, "Says she's going to call the cops. I'm actually going to wait for them to prove this is my vehicle because she has nothing else better to do."

On Friday, Davis told Newsweek that he was visiting Milwaukee to have lunch when he parked his car and secured the doors as he made his way to the parking meter. He immediately realized that he had left change in his locked car.

Davis said that as he returned to his car, a woman appeared to be observing him from a distance. When his passenger door did not open, Davis said he walked to the driver side and unlocked the door to grab some change.

He said that the same woman then began screaming at him. Davis said the woman yelled, "Hey, he's breaking in that car. Dude, what are you doing? Is that your car?"

"Before I could even realize what just happened, she was involving other people to the attention of what was going on, and I was just baffled," Davis told Newsweek. He said the woman began taking pictures of him, his vehicle and called 911.

Davis said he stayed and waited for police so he could prove that the vehicle belonged to him. The interaction with the Milwaukee Police officer was "brief," Davis said. After reviewing his driver's license and learning that Davis worked at a local prison, the officer apologized and told Davis to have a good day.

Milwaukee Police confirmed to Newsweek that officers responded to the area of E. St. Paul Avenue and N. Milwaukee Street in Milwaukee on Tuesday after receiving a report of a suspicious person.

"Caller stated that an individual was rummaging though a vehicle. Upon arrival, officers were able to determine the vehicle was in fact the individual's," Milwaukee Police Department said in an email.

"It's very unfortunate that this happened," Davis told Newsweek. "I wish this calling the cops on innocent bystanders would just stop! It could [have] escalated if I didn't handle myself professionally with the cops."

Davis said the woman, who left when the police arrived, should be "held accountable." He added that she should "apologize for her actions and for wasting the police department's time."

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