Black man spends days in jail after being mistaken for a suspect who is white and twice his age
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
(42,862 posts)EYESORE 9001
(25,914 posts)A significant portion of my working career has involved tracking The Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ). Its 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 cant have nice things. At the very least, insurance companies should jack up rates for municipalities that become repeat offenders.
Piasladic
(1,160 posts)It'll cost us.
NYC Liberal
(20,135 posts)Watch how fast reform happens when insurance companies start losing money because of these people.
FakeNoose
(32,610 posts)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
(45,403 posts)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
(22,311 posts)IronLionZion
(45,403 posts)makes no sense and does nothing for public safety
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,311 posts)llashram
(6,265 posts)GETTINGTIRED
(330 posts)the system is at work.
barbtries
(28,787 posts)of recovering a hefty sum from those racist pigs.
KS Toronado
(17,178 posts)Both were resolved within the booking process, (about an hour) but this one being locked up for a week should never have happened.
onetexan
(13,032 posts)KS Toronado
(17,178 posts)Karadeniz
(22,486 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,825 posts)If a civilian made a major mistake like this with their job they would be fired.
twodogsbarking
(9,719 posts)cash his multi-million dollar settlement check.