HOBBS, N.M. (AP) — Hobbs will pay a $1.4 million settlement to three former police officers whose whistleblower lawsuit alleged they were subjected to racist language and directed to target minority neighborhoods. KOB-TV reports that the ex-officers' 2017 lawsuit was settled Thursday in federal court in Albuquerque. City Manager Manny Gomez said the city’s insurer decided to settle the case though a thorough review of records left officials “confident that minority members of our community were not targeted for police enforcement. Court records said the case was set for trial Nov. 8 until the settlement resulted from a June 3 settlement conference lasting nearly seven hours.