Dana Gaul, 43, said in the federal suit against the city of Worcester and five city police officers that he was charged in the November 2020 stabbing death of Jehlon Rose, 19, based on coerced statements and because he is Black.
Gaul was released from custody in late November, after authorities met with Jorge Luis Rivera-Baez, who allegedly provided information that cleared Gaul of wrongdoing and implicated Rivera-Baez himself.