A team of journalists who exposed a small town's predatory policing practices—ultimately leading to the chief's resignation and reforms in state law—has won a Pulitzer Prize for its work.
In January 2022, four journalists at AL.com began exposing a plan by the mayor and police department of Brookside, Alabama, to bankroll the town's budget by fining people traveling through and towing their cars under what victims claimed were fabricated charges.
