So I started hanging up decorations and my neighbor called the police on me..

So I recently moved from Newark NJ to Maple Shade New Jersey which is predominantly white.. I moved from a apartment to a house. I moved there because it was close to work.

This is the first xmas in this house and what I noticed is nobody really has any xmas lights up.. Anyway I started hanging up lights.. Took me 2 days to finish. When I started my neighbor kept coming outside asking me questions about what I'm doing and kept saying I better not be doing anything to bring his property value down and that what I was doing was illegal.

I thought he was joking until the cops pulled up and told me my neighbors said the lights was disturbing they sleep. Mind you it was still day time. Anyway I was told I had to turn them off or face a ordinance fine.

Today I noticed a cop sitting at the end of my block when I left.. I stopped completely at the stop sign and this dude still pulled me over. Talking about it was routine.

I'm started to feel like I have a long road of racial harassment ahead of me.. Any advice? I don't wanna leave my home. My girl went through the same thing when she put flowers outside. Something about we need a permit to do it..