Black Man Arrested on White Man's Warrant Wins $90K in Settlement

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Henderson and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police are ponying up $90,000 for their outrageous slip up of mistaking the identity of a Black man...for a white man. Shane Lee Brown (Black) was arrested for Shane Neal Brown’s felony warrant back in January of 2020. Per the body camera footage, the officers seemed unsure about the arrest themselves.

How does one confuse a 51-year-old white man with a 23-year-old Black man? Ask the cops. When Shane Lee Brown was pulled over for not having his headlights on, he told the officers he lost his wallet. Reports say the officers called to see if Brown had court the following morning and came back to him with a weapons charge after running his name.

“I’m not a felon, I didn’t commit a felony… I was trying to plead to anyone that would listen, to let everyone know like ‘Hey can you double check,’” Brown told FOX5.

More from WFTV 9 ABC News:

According to the federal civil rights suit, Shane Lee Brown spent six days unlawfully imprisoned in the Henderson and Clark County detention facilities after both Las Vegas and Henderson police officers failed to properly check records comparing the two men, the Review-Journal reported.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/black-man-arrested-white-mans-192544218.html

[elleng]

1. 'police officers failed to properly check records comparing the two men'

[nycbos]

2. Should have added a zero.

[DFW]

4. And garnished the salaries of the abusive cops

They should have been hit with penalties much heavier than just being told, “whatsa matter with you guys?”

[rockfordfile]

5. I agree

[Totally Tunsie]

3. Kalyn Womack needs to go back to Journalism School...

What a poorly written article...so disjointed!

How does one confuse a 51-year-old white man with a 23-year-old Black man? Ask the cops. When Shane Lee Brown was pulled over for not having his headlights on, he told the officers he lost his wallet. (Makes it sound like his missing wallet was cause of his headlights not being on.)

Reports say the officers called to see if Brown had court the following morning and came back to him with a weapons charge after running his name. (Why would cops make a stop of a person and then be randomly checking to see if they were due in court the next day?)