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The Independent UK · Oct 16

Judge Preliminarily Blesses $1.5 Million Settlement for Victims of a Tiny Town's 'Policing for Profit'

Financially motivated traffic enforcement produced a huge surge in revenue for Brookside, Alabama, where "fines and forfeitures" accounted for half the city's income in 2020.

Reason · Oct 1

A Tiny Alabama Town Ran an Outrageous Speed Trap. Now It Will Pay $1.5 Million To Settle a Lawsuit.

Brookside, Alabama, made national news in 2022 after investigations revealed it was bankrolling itself through predatory traffic enforcement.

Reason · Feb 11

Brookside star apologises outside court for seriously injuring schoolgirls in crash

Louis Emerick Grant said: "I don’t know how I could have lived with myself if one of them had died.”

Liverpool Echo · Jun 21, 2023

ITV Coronation Street's Claire Sweeney makes 'emotional' Brookside admission

The soap star has reflected on her time as Lindsey Corkhill on the show

Liverpool Echo · Jun 19, 2023

Britain's Got Talent star's nerves ahead of coming out as gay on the TV show

Steph Price and her partner Libby Walker met through their love of dance at a studio founded by former Brookside actress Jennifer Ellison

Daily Mirror · Jun 2, 2023

Neighbours ran to help schoolgirls, 12, after Brookside star crashed into them

Louis Emerick hit two schoolgirls as they crossed the road to go to the shop

Liverpool Echo · May 25, 2023

Ex-Brookside star admits shattering schoolgirls' legs in horror car crash

Louis Emerick Grant, often credited as Louis Emerick, is best known for his role as Mick Johnson in the Channel 4 soap.

Daily Record · May 24, 2023

Brookside star admits fracturing schoolgirls' legs in horror car crash

One of the girls suffered a fractured leg and the other, a fractured leg and ankle, a broken nose, broken jaw and broken teeth

Liverpool Echo · May 24, 2023

Meet the father-son journalists from Alabama who won a Pulitzer and changed laws

Their series exposed how the police force in the town of Brookside preyed on residents to boost its revenue.

WEKU · May 10, 2023