A Neighbor Called The Cops On Two Little Girls Selling Lemonade—But She Picked The Wrong Officer
The Lemonade Stand That Inspired a Community. Two young sisters, just six and nine years old, set up a small lemonade stand on their neighborhood corner. With hand-drawn signs, matching pink Crocs, and music playing, they served cold lemonade under the summer sun, laughing and working together.
But their joy was interrupted when a neighbor drove by, snapped a photo, and later called the police—complaining that the girls were selling without a permit. Minutes later, a police car arrived. The girls froze in fear.
Instead of shutting them down, the officer knelt beside them, smiled, and asked, “Is this fresh-squeezed?” He bought…