Boston city government pays $150K settlement to Black men falsely accused of Murdering Carol Stuart, a pregnant white woman
/The City of Boston paid a $150,000 settlement to two Black men who had been falsely linked to the killing of Carol Stuart in 1989, years after Mayor Michelle Wu issued a formal apology on behalf of the city.
The city will pay $100,000 to the family of Willie Bennet and $50,000 to Alan Swanson.
The Boston Herald first reported news of the settlement.
Stuart, a white pregnant woman, was killed by her husband, Charles, in October 1989. But Charles Stuart told officers at the scene that a Black man wearing a tracksuit was responsible for the crime, leading Boston police to frequently stop Black men on the street. [MORE]
