The City of Boston will pay $150,000 in a settlement to two men wrongfully arrested in 1989 by police investigating the killing of Carol Stuart, a case that fanned racial tensions in the city. In 2023, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued a formal apology to the men, Alan Swanson and Willie Bennett for their arrests. WATCH HERE WATCH HEREStuart was killed by her husband, Charles Stuart, who was also shot and hospitalized. The murder of Carol Stuart by her husband is the subject of a docuseries that aired this month on HBO and an investigation in The Boston Globe. The false accusation and police investigation sparked intense racial tensions in the city.