Just be glad it was the police.
When we were woken by flashlights on the wall outside our bedroom door it WAS intruders and let me assure you, they make no attempt at all to announce themselves. We slammed the door and called the cops and when they showed up they said “Are you sure there’s no one else left hiding in the house”. We hadn’t even thought of it until then, so they swept the whole house, guns drawn.
They also went next door to our elderly neighbors who had their front door open, called out “Police” and went inside, guns drawn. Turns out elderly people don’t hear cops shouting at 3am either, but no one charged at the cops on that occasion.
Yes, there are times that the police overstep the boundaries, but having been in this situation, I can tell you I think they did exactly the right thing. I doubt it was your husbands skin color or lack of clothing that stopped them shooting him. It was the fact that they were well trained and were looking for signs of a threat to themselves or someone else before thinking of using their weapon. They were a lot more aware of what was going on than you or your husband were. Now, if you’d been the type to sleep with a loaded gun within arm’s reach of the bed, it might have been different…
