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A Black Ph.D. graduate reached a $1.25 million settlement against police officers who assaulted him during a traffic stop in 2015.

In 2015 Dr. Lawrence Crosby, was a doctoral candidate attending Northwestern University at the time of the incident was driving to the campus science building on October 10, 2015. Crosby, 25 at the time was fixing loose molding on his vehicle when officers approached him with their firearms drawn The Chicago Tribune reported.

Crosby attempted to tell officers that he was trying to fix his car and the four Evanston officers began assaulting him.

In 2017 a dash cam video of the arrest was released along with an audio recording of a woman calling 911 to report a suspicious man wearing a hoodie. The alleged that Crosby was attempting to pry open a car with a long bar according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

“I don’t know if I’m racial profiling,” the woman said. “I feel bad.”

Officers did become aware that Crosby did in-fact own the car, but he was still charged with resisting arrest and disobeying officers. Crosby was acquitted of all charges in March 2016.

“This experience was quite scarring for me, and I’m not sure I’ll ever get over it in this lifetime,” Crosby said at a press conference on Sunday.

A suit was filed back in 2017 citing damages for malicious prosecution, conspiracy, and battery. The case ended with all parties agreeing on a settlement.

“I want to take my experience and use it as an example for change — a change that leads to a society where what happened to me is less likely to happen again to anyone,” Crosby said.

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