In 2015, 18-year-old Jawaun Fraser was charged with robbery and sentenced to two years in prison.

His conviction would soon be overturned on appeal, after the jury found the officers had fabricated evidence against Fraser.

Fraser sued New York and the NYPD detectives involved in his case and ended up winning $2 million from the city.

Despite the numerous inconsistencies in the arresting officers’ testimonies and a lack of proper disclosure of any past lawsuits in the officers’ histories, the city’s Law Department, which represented the detectives, insisted on fighting Fraser in civil court instead of settling.

But an extensive look at the Special Federal Litigation Division, a unit within the Law Department that specifically handles police misconduct cases, shows that is not always the case.

Jake Pearson, a reporter covering the city’s police department with the nonprofit newsroom, ProPublica, joined NY1 political anchor Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” Tuesday to talk about Fraser’s case, which he wrote about in his article, “This Man’s Conviction Was Overturned After Two Years in Prison. But the City Said He Didn’t Deserve a Dime.”