An 8-year-old blues prodigy can no longer play in bars because the state of Wisconsin banned him from doing so. And it banned him because someone reported him. The formal reason is child labor laws.
https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080812/ap_on_en_mu/blues_kid
There are several stories like this every week – about Americans obeying the law to the letter, even when it harms everyone.