I'm Rebecca LaVoy, and this is You Can't Make This Up.

You Can't Make This Up is the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind your favorite Netflix documentaries and films.

Today, we're revisiting one of the most thought-provoking and conversation-starting films from the past year.

We'll return to our discussion of the Netflix documentary, The Perfect Neighbor.

They shouldn't be screaming and, you know, running around either.

I mean, the parents aren't attending them.

I understand it's a nuisance, but I'd rather kids be screaming because they're out here playing and have a good time than

stealing cars and robbing people. Today we're talking to director Gita Ganber and producer

Nikon Kwan Tu. In 2022, Sheriff's deputies kept responding to the same Florida neighborhood

for complaints from a woman about the noisy children playing near her home.

Authorities found it was just kids being kids.

But tensions mounted as parents grew frustrated that Susan Lorenz kept calling the police on their children.

When one fed up mom banged on Susan's door to confront her about her behavior, gunshots rang out.

It left a family shattered and a neighborhood shaken.

Told largely through police body cam footage, the Netflix documentary film, The Perfect Neighbor,

offers a real-time look at the simmering dispute between a white woman and her black neighbors.

It reveals the petty complaints that

started the conflict and the heart-wrenching grief when it ended. It also explores whether

Laurence tried to weaponize police against those living around her and whether she tried to

exploit self-defense laws to commit murder. Have you ever heard of the term Stand Your Ground?

Yes. Have you ever done any kind of

research on that? Gita and Nikon, welcome to you can't make this up. Thank you for having us.

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