We're digging into a dispute between a retired Detroit police detective and a Livonia resident after an encounter inside a condo complex left both men pointing fingers.

Marcellus Ball spent 35 years with the Detroit Police Department, retiring as a detective, and he was even honored at the White House.

However, earlier this year, while searching for a condo in Livonia, he says he faced something he never expected.

Ball says 51-year-old Edward Dombrowski confronted him, questioning why he was there.

"Basically, he was racially profiling me. He was telling me, 'What was I doing over here? You don't live here. We don't want you here,'" Ball said.

Feeling uneasy, he began recording. He says Dombrowski had a knife in his pocket, something that was confirmed on a 911 call.

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