Black man arrested on warrant for white man awarded $90K settlement

LAS VEGAS — A case of mistaken identity has cost two Las Vegas-area law enforcement agencies a combined $90,000.

The Henderson Police Department will pay Shane Lee Brown $25,000, while the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department will pay the 25-year-old $65,000 after he was held for nearly a week for a crime a 51-year-old man named Shane Neal Brown is accused of committing, KVVU-TV reported.

After running a warrant check, however, Henderson officers took Shane Lee Brown – who is Black and 5 feet, 7 inches tall – into custody on an outstanding felony weapons warrant with Metro.

As it turns out, the actual subject of the arrest warrant was a 5-foot-11, 49-year-old white man with a “bushy white beard” and blue eyes, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported when the lawsuit was filed by Shane Lee Brown’s attorney, Brent Bryson, in January.

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