it's a good thing i got glass bottles and not kegs!

If it saves just one child from driving drunk, it’s all justified.

Way to think about the children, cops!"

The same exact logic was behind the Patriot Act. If you have nothing to hide, then you shouldn't complain when they take away your right to privacy, right?

These kids proved a point and they proved it well. The police that arrived had no probable cause and pretty much wasted their times. One thing I've always remembered hearing was that they had to make sure they SMELLED alcohol before administering a breathlyzer test. Not one kid drank that night. There was no smell of alcohol. All because some hicks up in Wisconsin overreacted about some red cups.

"Think of the children?" No. "Think of the arrogance coming from the adults who refuse to see things any other way."

Kudos to the kids for proving a point as well. The school should not take the color of a cup as evidence of what's inside. And it doesn't look like they were harassing the cop too much either. They cheered on their friends and were being a little immature, but duh, they're teens. That's what teens do.

False positives are not wasted resources, especially if they are so rare that they make the news. The cops checking out a party and being wrong about underage drinking is rare enough that this story got legs. And while hindsight is 20/20, expecting perfection from the onset is just silly.

All in all, a good story. I hope the school got the message.

The cops also did have a right to come into the house, especially if it was called in. If, from the oustide of the house, the cops could plainly see any evidence of what looked like underage drinking inside the house, they have the right by law and court precedent to enter the house, so long as they do not search anything that is beyond plain view. Breathalyzing falls under this as well. Its not a stereotype that led them to search the house. Police have the right to conduct a search in situations where the crime/evidence could be gone by the time a warrant is obtained, such as searching a car, when given probable cause. In the case of underage drinking, seeing a keg inside a house full of underage people is enough probable cause to at least enter the house and ensure that no crime was taking place, or so i would assume.

The cops were doing their job, if something more important than making life difficult for a bunch of young people came up, they would have to leave anyways to take care of it. (like a hostage situation in the donut shop)

Way to think about the children, cops!