Boston Mayor Michelle Wu apologizes to men wrongfully arrested for 1989 murder
“What was done to you was unjust, unfair, racist and wrong and this apology is long overdue,” Wu said.
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“What was done to you was unjust, unfair, racist and wrong and this apology is long overdue,” Wu said.
Alan Swanson and Willie Bennett were wrongly named as suspects in the Oct. 23, 1989, death of Carol Stuart, whose husband, Charles Stuart, had orchestrated her killing. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued a formal apology Wednesday to both men.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu formally apologized Wednesday to the families of two black men wrongly arrested decades ago in the death of Carol Stuart and acknowledged the harm caused to the Black community during one of the darkest periods in the city’s history.
Mayor Michelle Wu formally apologized to two black men wrongfully accused in the 1989 shooting murder of Carol Stuart. The murder was in fact orchestrated by her husband Charles Stuart who blamed it on a random black man, an accusation that inflamed racial tensions.
Whether we like it or not, the words of white people are powerful. Just look at Carol Stuart, a Boston-area woman who was fatally shot in 1989.