In a suburb where every stroller is under surveillance, a dad faced police questioning after a neighbor reported him as a 'homeless' kidnapper of his own child. “Little Miss Karen” proves that facial hair plus baby equals emergency in America’s most overprotective neighborhoods.

As the story of “Little Miss Karen” calling cops on Dad for looking too homeless with his own baby makes the rounds, it exposes how snap judgments—sparked by nothing more than beards, sweatpants, or baby gear—can escalate into full-blown 911 drama in cozy suburbia.