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

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

Department of Corrections | Susan J. DemasA corrections 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 Indigenous 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 Lake Tribe, is suing the Michigan Department of …

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

Department of Corrections | Susan J. DemasA 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 Lake Tribe, is suing the Michigan Departme…