#63 - Why bother to refuse? Because they have no right to search. It's that kind of attitude that gives police more and more leeway to infringe upon our rights and privacy. I'd refuse to allow a search on principle alone. Some of you people need to get your facts straight. Somebody saying they heard a scream and suspect rape is not a reason. The suspicion of rape was the neighbor's opinion, and the police can't enter based on that. People can scream for any number of reasons (obviously). That does not mean police can barge in and look through your stuff. If they did barge in without permission and without a warrant (there sure isn't a good enough reason for them to barge in without one), they could be sued. Stand up for your rights before we lose more of them!

#31- You are assuming that the OP did not invite the police in. When they ask politely if they might have a look around allowing them in is no inconvenience to any party involved. If you were in a hurry to leave or had some other real reason (other than anger at "the man") then by all means you have every right to deny their entry. But I don't think you are qualified to determine whether the OP should or should not have allowed their entry. The FML was about the neighbors mistaking their play for a girl's screams, not about the police entering the home. #57- endeed?

haha drrrryy your life is ****** ;)

shit that's too bad that you scream like a girl you probably don't notice when you're doing it, but i'm surprised your friends didn't notice.

#64: I still believe that he should have refused them entry.

#65 - So you're saying that if there is no warrant, then we should deny the police on all grounds? That's pretty pointless. We don't have to "stand up for our rights" - the police had suspicion, and that's good enough to ask for a search to the property. As far as we can tell, consent was given and nothing was damaged in the search. Therefore, it can be assumed that everything the police did was within the law. The FML wasn't even about the police in the first place, anyway. It was about the male voices being mistaken for female screams.

Say that there was someone in trouble in one of the houses, and the police came to yours first to investigate. Not allowing them to do their job hinders the investigation and greatly diminishes the victim's chance of survival. Yes, in this particular instance no damage would be done because it was a mistake, but not all neighbors suspicions are. They only found out about that father in Austria who held his daughter captive and raped her for 24 years because someone alerted the police of his suspicious behavior. It's selfish to assume that the police are there just to inconvenience you. There could actually be someone in trouble, and you could assist in their survival by cooperating. Not everything is about you.

I assume the OP did consent, I just was saying he shouldn't have.

#72 - he has a right to.

Yes, he has a right to let the police in, but he doesn't HAVE to (and shouldn't, if you ask me).