Originally Posted by
mduell
They called the police, and you're not responsible for the actions of the police if you called them (assuming you told them the truth).
Let's say you're a landlord and the tenant is late with the rent. If you call the cops and say "remove this person from my home", and the cops beat him, he can sue you and the cops for damages, but you'll definitely pay.
You don't call the cops when there's a civil matter unless you're willing to accept responsibility that you're just using law enforcement as your own private security force, to beat people into submission.