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.

The settlement comes two years after Wu formally apologized to Swanson and to Bennett’s family, a move she said at the time was “long overdue.”

“The mayor’s office, city offi

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