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Livingston couple sues following wrong house raid, detainment

Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:51 am
Posted by LSUTANGERINE
Baton Rouge and Northshore LA
Member since Sep 2006
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:51 am
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WALKER, La. (WAFB) - A Walker couple filed a lawsuit Monday against Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard, two of his deputies, and two Walker Police Department officers after law enforcement entered their home by mistake and handcuffed one of them.

Douglas and Melissa Kenyon allege they were asleep when officers entered their home. Members of law enforcement handcuffed Doug Kenyon and placed him on the back porch of the home while they searched the property on May 3, 2025.

Walker Police Department officers wearing body cameras responded along with Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies after receiving a 911 call about someone suspicious inside of a home on Trace Lane in Walker.

The WAFB I-TEAM obtained copies of that body camera footage. It shows immediate confusion about which house officers were supposed to go into.

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Which one is in the house? This one here?” an officer said on body camera footage.
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Two minutes after handcuffing the homeowner and entering the house, officers realized they had entered the wrong home. “This isn’t the house. This isn’t the house. You told me this was the house. No. I asked you if this is the house. This isn’t the one with the Lexus. We’re just searching all the properties. I asked you if this was the house. He was pointing in the middle. They’re right next to each other. Oh,” officers said on the footage.
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This post was edited on 11/4/25 at 5:53 am
Posted by dyslexic
Left field
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:55 am to
Posted by SallysHuman
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Member since Jan 2025
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:59 am to
I'd poop my pants if that happened to me, couldn't imagine waking up to police searching my home and cuffing us.

I'm glad no one got killed.
Posted by SallysHuman
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Member since Jan 2025
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 6:05 am to
Why can't police just be nice about it when they make mistakes?

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The couple is suing for trespassing, assault and battery, and false imprisonment. They allege the officer’s report that night made no mention of entering the wrong home.


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And nobody tells you anything. Nobody calls later and says, we apologize for going in the wrong house. Let us make this right with you. Nothing,” Long said.


How hard is it to apologize?
Posted by Reflex
Member since Oct 2025
273 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 6:09 am to
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Why can't police just be nice about it when they make mistakes?


Because this is what happens when you allow cops to think they are fake soldiers.

Stop supporting policies that lead to this.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
132890 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 6:17 am to
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Two minutes after handcuffing the homeowner and entering the house, officers realized they had entered the wrong home. “This isn’t the house. This isn’t the house. You told me this was the house. No. I asked you if this is the house. This isn’t the one with the Lexus. We’re just searching all the properties. I asked you if this was the house. He was pointing in the middle. They’re right next to each other. Oh,”



What kind of three stooges shite is this?
Posted by TulsaSooner78
Member since Aug 2025
674 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 6:24 am to
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How hard is it to apologize?


There are probably legal reasons why they don't.

If they were to apologize, that would be an admission of fault.

Once they admit fault, then they expose themselves to further consequences.

This is going to cost them some money.

The couple is fortunate that none of the cops were trigger-happy that night.
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
75951 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 6:26 am to
Just sprinkle some meth and get the hell out of there.
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
11875 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 6:31 am to
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There are probably legal reasons why they don't. If they were to apologize, that would be an admission of fault. Once they admit fault, then they expose themselves to further consequences.


This mindset- while undoubtedly true- is never going to lead to harmony between police and citizenry.

Apologizing for mistakes should be the standard... especially for those that exert authority over the rest of us in high risk situations.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
155200 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 6:34 am to
Can't wait for the Dex Morgan thread about this in a couple weeks.
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
59939 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 6:34 am to
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If they were to apologize, that would be an admission of fault.


uh...yeah

that's the point
Posted by evil cockroach
27.98N // 86.92E
Member since Nov 2007
8817 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 6:35 am to
They’ll win easily . The law goes after state law enforcement but doesn’t touch federal law enforcement.
Posted by Onyx Aggie
Foothills of the Smokies
Member since Sep 2012
2567 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 6:38 am to
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Why can't police just be nice about it when they make mistakes?
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How hard is it to apologize?


This is a major issue, other than the fact they often end up killing innocent people, the police and city rarely step up and admit their mistake without being forced to do so.

I don't understand why they so often dig in and just say "Oh well" rather than admitting their mistake and paying for the property damage they cause. Instead, they try to blame the victim and force them to sue the department and city to make things right.
Posted by Hold That Tiger 10
Member since Oct 2013
24444 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 6:43 am to
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other than the fact they often end up killing innocent people


What is your definition of often?

And are we talking George Floyd innocent? Or old lady walking her dog and getting sniped from a swat team innocent?
Posted by SantaFe
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2019
7562 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 6:46 am to
Liquidate the entire department and start over again with qualified personnel.
Posted by N2cars
Close by
Member since Feb 2008
37866 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 6:46 am to
SOP for small-town cops...
Posted by NatalbanyTigerFan
On the water somewhere
Member since Oct 2007
8478 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 6:54 am to
Jason Ard's corruption continues

I swear there is going to be a movie about all of his shite one day.

LPSO is fkn horrible.
Blake Bailey
Denny Perkins
Jason Chiasson

It never ends
Posted by GrammarKnotsi
Member since Feb 2013
10053 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 6:56 am to
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qualified personnel.



It literally only takes a HS Diploma, and its possible that City of Walker might accept an GED

ETA: just watched the video..If kids would have come running out of bedrooms, they would have been shot, easily
This post was edited on 11/4/25 at 7:01 am
Posted by Onyx Aggie
Foothills of the Smokies
Member since Sep 2012
2567 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 7:05 am to
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What is your definition of often?

And are we talking George Floyd innocent? Or old lady walking her dog and getting sniped from a swat team innocent?


Frequently enough that I see multiple stories every year about police shooting people after entering the wrong place. This happening even once is too often in my book. It's a mistake that just shouldn't happen, but for some reason, departments have a hard on for 3 am swat raids.

Whether or not the residents of the wrong property are good or bad people is irrelevant. The cops broke into the wrong fricking house.
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
91710 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 7:21 am to
Good for them and hope they win (and they will). Unlawful detainment is not a good look.
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