Black Man Sues After Being Jailed Because Police Mistook Him For White Man

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A Black man is suing Nevada police after officers misidentified him for an older, taller white man with the same name.
In 2020, then 23-year-old Shane Lee Brown spent six days in two Las Vegas jails after police officers arrested him on a bench warrant issued for Shane Neal Brown–– a white man who was 49 years old at the time and had been convicted of a felony in 1994 –– before Lee Brown was even born.
Lee Brown, now 25, filed a lawsuit against the Las