PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh teacher who was wrongfully arrested outside a community meeting about a lack of trust in police could soon receive a $52,500 settlement from the city.

Manchester Academic Charter School teacher Dennis Henderson, who is black, was arrested by white Pittsburgh police officer Jonathan Gromek on June 26, 2013 while leaving a Community Empowerment Association meeting in Homewood, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Henderson, 39, was speaking with a journalist and went to his car to get a business card when Gromek allegedly sped his patrol car close by, causing the two to move out of the way. When Henderson yelled “wow,” Gromek whipped his car back around.

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The two got into a confrontation, and Henderson asked Gromek for his badge number to file a complaint. Henderson was recording the incident before things got ugly.

“ … Henderson said the officer ordered him to put his hands behind his back, handcuffed him and swept him to the ground, leaving him with a bruise on his shoulder,” the news site reports.

“He also handcuffed the journalist, Rossano Stewart, (who is also black) after he took Mr. Henderson’s phone and continued recording the encounter, though Mr. Stewart was later released.”

Henderson was arrested for disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and obstruction of highways, and spent about 12 hours in jail before all of the charges were dropped by District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr., according to WESA.FM, Pittsburgh’s National Public Radio affiliate.

Henderson filed a federal lawsuit against the department with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union, resulting in the settlement reached through mediation.

“Under the terms of the settlement, the city is going to pay Dennis Henderson $52,500 in damages and fees and it’s also agreed to make some important policy changes,” Sara Rose, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, told WESA.

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Beyond the $52,500 in cash, the settlement would also require the city to adopt a policy informing police officers of the right to record their actions while on duty, and to discuss another policy that would require police to log information on pedestrian stops, frisks, and pat-downs, Rose said.

“He’s a teacher, and he works with young, predominantly African-American students,” Rose told the Post-Gazette. “He’s concerned about what would happen if they were put in the same situation he was put in.”

Henderson issued a brief statement on the settlement.

“I am encouraged that Mayor Peduto is dedicated to pursuing avenues to improve the culture, interactions and trust of the police department within our minority and low-income communities in Pittsburgh,” he said.

“I’m confident that we do have the capacity to change the historic pattern of profiling that does exist in our city.”

City council members are expected to vote on the settlement at an upcoming meeting.

The city’s Office of Municipal Investigations found Gromek violated departmental policy, and his superiors recommended a written reprimand in November 2013. A Citizens Police Review Board in March said the city should fire him, but Gromek remains on the police force assigned to a different zone, according to the Post-Gazette.