A black woman fined after a white neighbour called police to complain she was "talking too loudly" on her phone says she was the victim of racism.
Diamond Robinson was walking down the street in her home city of Eastpointe, Michigan, US, while having a phone conversation on May 27.
She said that at one point a neighbour who had recently moved to the area approached her, asking: "Do you think that you can get off your phone or talk lower?"
Before walking away, Ms Robinson replied: "Get out of my face."
But just a few minutes later, local police arrived at the scene and Ms Robinson recorded the scene on Facebook Live.
In the video, the Ms Robinson said: "I hope you know this is all being recorded. I’m not doing anything wrong by walking up and down the street, talking on my phone."
Ms Robinson, who believes she was targeted because she is black, was eventually given a $385 (£271) fine for public nuisance.
She said: "There's no way police should be called on me when I am on my own property, in my own neighbourhood, on my own block."
She plans to fight the ticket in court and has arranged for security cameras to be installed outside her home following the incident.
The neighbour who reported her to the police did not want to comment on the issue beyond telling a reporter the fine "speaks for itself", Fox 2 Detroit reports.
Ms Robinson said she decided to speak out on the incident as she thinks the noise complaint was racially motivated.
She said: "A lot of these things are being pushed under the rug and they don’t need to.
"We can sit here all day, and we can chant, we can riot and we can do all of those things.
"That is not going to make a change if you don’t speak up at that time, at that moment."
Eastpointe police said the woman was given a fine as she "could be heard from approximately 150 feet away" and refused to participate in an investigation into a complaint, reports Fox 2 Detroit.
The police force added in a statement: "The officers acted professionally when speaking with Ms Robinson.
"Officers respond to all police dispatches and had no option but to go to the scene of the complaint. We expect our officers to maintain public peace.
"This can often be accomplished through discussions and negotiations, but sometimes enforcement action has to be taken."
