Black man arrested in Las Vegas as White felon twice his age looks to sue police

Shane Lee Brown seeks $50,000 in damages from Las Vegas and Henderson police

A 25-year-old Black man is suing two police agencies in Nevada after he was misidentified as a White ex-felon nearly twice his age, arrested, and held for six days in jails in two Las Vegas-area jurisdictions.

Shane Lee Brown claims civil rights violations, false imprisonment, negligence and other wrongful conduct by Las Vegas and Henderson police and their top officials and seeks at least $50,000 in damages.

The civil lawsuit describes Shane Neal Brown, now 51, as a White man with a bushy white beard who is taller than Shane Lee Brown.

Shane Neal Brown was first convicted of a felony in 1994, and was sought on an arrest warrant issued in November 2019 in Las Vegas, accusing him of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Shane Lee Brown was arrested in January 2020 during a traffic stop by Henderson police, jailed in that city’s lockup and transferred in custody two days later to Las Vegas police. He remained jailed in Las Vegas until he appeared before a judge who ordered him freed.

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