I was critical earlier today of the police response to fire, cannibalism, and mass murder. On the other hand, they do seem to be the people to call if a pillow fight breaks out:

The Detroit News reports that police at Campus Martius Park prevented the feathery fight Saturday by disarming pillow-toting participants… Michael Davis of Hamtramck says police confiscated the 32-year-old man’s pillows but returned their cases. He says he was told that he needed a permit. Scott Harris of Ferndale told the News that it’s “not illegal to own a pillow.”

It was an open-and-shut case. But apparently that is illegal.