Yes, but not necessarily your problem. I’m British. I once asked for a glass of water in a restaurant in Virginia, and while I thought the waitress’s response was a little peculiar (no reply, just turned around and walked away), I was astounded when the police showed up five minutes later. Apparently she’d misheard me, and thought “just a glass of water, please” was a threat. It was never revealed to me what the threat I had apparently made was, but it cost me several extremely stressful hours convincing the local PD that there had been a misunderstanding - so while it was her fault, it was my problem. I’ve puzzled for years over what she heard.

As a white guy wearing a suit, I got out of there without being charged. If I weren’t… I can imagine it could have gone very differently.