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A view, from inside a home under construction, of the front door. | Susan Leggett | Dreamstime.com
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Christina Broadway of Marietta, Georgia, says she doesn't feel safe after her security cameras caught a city employee entering her home without her permission while she was at a funeral. City officials say the man was a code enforcement officer who had a right to enter the home because he thought he saw construction without the proper permits taking place at the residence.

Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.