Black man spends days in jail after being mistaken for a suspect who is white and twice his age

[discocrisco01]

Source: Sky News

A black man spent almost a week in prison after US police mistook him for a suspect with the same name who is white and twice his age, a lawsuit says.

Shane Lee Brown has accused two police departments in Nevada in the federal civil rights lawsuit of wrongful arrest and negligence.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/black-man-spends-days-in-jail-after-being-mistaken-for-a-suspect-who-is-white-and-twice-his-age-12524857

[NurseJackie]

1. I think he'd probably win a lawsuit... I wonder how much their mistake will cost them.

[EYESORE 9001]

2. Whatever it costs them, it won't be nearly enough

A significant portion of my working career has involved tracking The Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ). It’s easily quantified and adaptable to municipalities that must pay for the actions of terrible cops. Make those metrics available for the public to see that rotten cops are why they can’t have nice things. At the very least, insurance companies should jack up rates for municipalities that become repeat offenders.

[Piasladic]

9. It won't cost them anything

It'll cost us.

[NYC Liberal]

10. Require cops to carry liability insurance.

Watch how fast reform happens when insurance companies start losing money because of these people.

[FakeNoose]

16. Love this idea, and you're right on the money

Suddenly the incompetence of police and their indifference to professional standards will mean something. It would translate into dollar losses and payouts to the victims. Insurance companies would put their foot down and say "one strike and you're out."

[IronLionZion]

3. It's long past time for some police reforms

I saw a news story where police arrested a teenage black girl with long hair when their suspect was an older bald black man. For some police officers, any black person will do.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. Decades of reform have gotten us to where we are today.

[IronLionZion]

6. Arresting people who don't fit the description at all

makes no sense and does nothing for public safety

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. Correct. But that's a feature, not a bug.

[llashram]

12. no where

[GETTINGTIRED]

4. no mistake

the system is at work.

[barbtries]

8. I like his chances

of recovering a hefty sum from those racist pigs.

[KS Toronado]

11. I personally know of 2 cases just like this of mistaken identification

Both were resolved within the booking process, (about an hour) but this one being locked up for a week should never have happened.

[onetexan]

13. Which is proof it was deliberate

[KS Toronado]

14. My thoughts also

[Karadeniz]

15. I thought this was an Onion headline...

[LiberalFighter]

17. Police need to be held accountable and meet minimum standards.

If a civilian made a major mistake like this with their job they would be fired.

[twodogsbarking]

18. They will probably try to arrest him again when he tries to

cash his multi-million dollar settlement check.