The Denver City Council is expected to settle a lawsuit accusing three police officers of making a racially motivated traffic stop involving two black men in February 2009.

Ashford Wortham and Cornelius Campbell sued last year, saying they were subjected to a "barrage of blatantly racist comments, forcibly removed from their car, patted down without reasonable suspicion and forced to sit without proper clothing on the sidewalk for 45 minutes."

Denver County Judge Aileen Ortiz-White threw out minor traffic charges against Wortham in 2009 and ruled the police conduct was "extreme, profane and racially motivated." An internal police investigation could not determine who was telling the truth.

The Denver Post (http://4bit.ly/MaQGnh ) reports the council is expected to approve the settlement Monday. The payout would give Wortham $21,100, Campbell $13,900 and their attorneys $25,000.