State corrections officers altered prisoner’s ID with racial caricature, lawsuit claims

A correctional officer at Newberry Correctional Facility in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula digitally altered a Native American prisoner’s ID to depict him wearing a feathered headdress, stereotypical Native American attire and facial paint, a lawsuit filed in Michigan state court in early August alleges. Dylan Leenheer, who is Native American and a member of the Gun […]

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