Black man sues police after he was jailed for 6 days when officers mistook him for an older white male with the same name
22 January 2022
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22 January 2022
- A 23-year-old Black man was arrested and jailed for 6 days in Las Vegas jails in 2020.
- Police misidentified him as a 49-year old white man with the same name.
- Shane Lee Brown, now 25, is suing Nevada police for wrongful arrest, court documents show.
A 23-year-old Black man was arrested and jailed for 6 days in Las Vegas jails in 2020. Police misidentified him as a 49-year old white man with the same name. Shane Lee Brown, now 25, is suing Nevada police for wrongful arrest, court documents show. A 23-year-old Black man was arrested and held for six days in two Las Vegas jails, in 2020, after police in Nevada misidentified him as an older, taller, white man with the same name, court documents show. Shane Lee Brown, now 25, is suing Las Vegas Metropolitan and the City of Henderson police departments, accusing ...
Black man sues police after he was jailed for 6 days when officers mistook him for an older white male with the same name
Shane Lee Brown, a 23-year-old Black man, is suing police in Nevada police after officers said he was a middle-aged white male.