people are jumping on him as if he's some thug because he's asking if there's any way he can gain entry to get his things.
Question, if I was to kick the door (it would only be the chain lock) so that I could get in could I be arrested?
Doesn't sound like "asking if there's any way he can gain entry" to me, reads more like he wants to force entry to a property he has been purposely denied entry to by breaking and entering, and I've not heard anything other than self pity from the OP to think otherwise.