Nearly four years after its policing-for-profit scandal, Brookside, Alabama, has agreed to a lawsuit settlement proposing a $1.5 million payout for those impacted by the town’s aggressive fine and ticketing policies.
The federal class action was brought by plaintiffs in 2022 who were impacted by the town’s aggressive policing tactics, which after 2018 began prioritizing generating revenue through significant increases in traffic stops, citation collections and vehicle towing.
The town on Friday agreed to a settlement bartered by class action clients’ legal representation, nonprofit law firm, the Institute for Justice, IJ, and Bill Dawson of Dawson Law LLC…