Young Black guy suing after being detained for 6 days; had same name as White felon

[butters]

when is a 49-year old White felon-in-possession-of-a-firearm an arrested 23-year old Black male ? january 2020, nevada, apprently

Shane Lee Brown, now 25, is suing Las Vegas Metropolitan and the City of Henderson police departments, accusing them of civil rights violations, false imprisonment, negligence, and other wrongful conduct.

He is seeking at least $50,000 in compensatory damages, according to a complaint.

Police had a bench warrant issued in November 2019 for Shane Neal Brown, then 49, who had been accused of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Neal Brown, who was described in the warrant as a Caucasian male with brown hair, blue eyes, and a bushy white beard, had previously been convicted of a felony in 1994 — before Lee Brown was even born.

In January 2020, Henderson police pulled over Lee Brown, who is Black and significantly shortly, and held him in the city's detention center.

He was transferred into custody two days later to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, court documents show.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...e-with-the-same-name/ar-AAT2sRk?ocid=msedgntp

hard to imagine the trauma of this. They had the description, could have checked the mug shot in seconds, yet despite his telling them over and over–at BOTH facilities–somehow the "mistake" wasn't picked up till he appeared before a judge who immediately dismissed the case. Shit like impacts an entire life... work, family, neighbours, a person's reputation, their trust in authority. $50,000 actually sounds kind of small potatoes

 

[Misshotndeep]

And people wonder why trust in police is low. The black guy in question was dark skins and didn’t fit the description of the felon or anything close to it. Smh

 

[bellisarius]

The city should just write the check. Too damn bad his attorney is going to rake in up to $25K of that money.

 

[Pad_Foot]

The city should just write the check. Too damn bad his attorney is going to rake in up to $25K of that money.

Agreed!!
Lawyers take should be limited !!
Hell!!
Realtors take should be limited
Parasites!

 

[IrezumiKiss]

And people wonder why trust in police is low. The black guy in question was dark skins and didn’t fit the description of the felon or anything close to it. Smh

"b-b-but there's no systemic racism in America!"

— schmucks like this one:

https://i.imgur.com/W2xfHoM.png

 

[pecksniff]

The city should just write the check. Too damn bad his attorney is going to rake in up to $25K of that money.

There's always a silver lining!

 

[Bud_Spencer]

"b-b-but there's no systemic racism in America!"

— schmucks like this one:

https://i.imgur.com/W2xfHoM.png

This isn't "systemic racism," goofball. Something similar happened to a colleague of mine, and he's as white as snow.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

The city should just write the check. Too damn bad his attorney is going to rake in up to $25K of that money.

Agree,this was an error that should have been fixed within hours, not days.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Amazed that Wingnut Nation has not pointed out the obvious: a young black thug stole an older white man's name! Identity theft!

 

[WillJ8787]

"b-b-but there's no systemic racism in America!"

— schmucks like this one:

https://i.imgur.com/W2xfHoM.png

Bigly chuckles....nods!

 

[Bud_Spencer]

Bigly chuckles....nods!

What "system" is at work here? Is there some rule that causes name mix-ups?

 

[IrezumiKiss]

This isn't "systemic racism," goofball. Something similar happened to a colleague of mine, and he's as white as snow.

https://media4.giphy.com/media/1AIeYgwnqeBUxh6juu/giphy.gif

surrrrrre it did, Mr. I'm In Church On Sundays.

they had a fucking description.

I'll take what empirically happened over your Aesop fairy tale of convenience any day.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

surrrrrre it did, Mr. I'm In Church On Sundays.

they had a fucking description.

I'll take what empirically happened over your Aesop fairy tale of convenience any day.

He had the same name as a habitual criminal in the same county, and would constantly be getting postcards from the local Sheriff to turn himself in.

There's not "system" at work here other than the usual government incompetence.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

He had the same name as a habitual criminal in the same county, and would constantly be getting postcards from the local Sheriff to turn himself in.

Postcards to turn himself in?

Like in some "wish you were here" type shit?

Where the fuck did he live, Mayberry?

https://i.imgur.com/T9v7QKD.jpg

I'm loving the stories of this alternate universe you live in, dude. Call a movie studio already, you should be making extra scratch off this shit.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

Postcards to turn himself in?

Like in some "wish you were here" type shit?

Where the fuck did he live, Mayberry?

Kinda. He lived in an exurb of St. Louis. Every few months, he'd get one and have to call up the local fuzz to convince them not to come to his house and arrest him. I'm certain it's because chemists are Down By Law...a systemic ism for sure.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

Kinda. He lived in an exurb of St. Louis. Every few months, he'd get one and have to call up the local fuzz to convince them not to come to his house and arrest him. I'm certain it's because chemists are Down By Law...a systemic ism for sure.

You made your very best post!

Down By Law - punkrockacademyfightsong

 

[MrRandyWatson]

This isn't "systemic racism," goofball. Something similar happened to a colleague of mine, and he's as white as snow.

Anecdotes do not disprove systemic racism, nor do bullshit things happening to white people. POC deal with far more bullshit on account of being POC than whites do on account of being white. I’m not even saying this as a disgruntled POC; I’m as white as sour cream.