The July-August issue of Uplink featured the results of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's coverage of a Georgia town's targeting of African-Americans in distributing traffic tickets. Bill Torpy and David Milliron found that only 1,500 feet of road generated $860,000 in traffic fines, and that 87 percent of those ticketed were black.
Citizen protests and the AJC's exposure of the apparent discriminatory and excessive ticketing practices preceded the resignation of the police chief and his subsequent replacement with an African-American man, who may officially become the new chief of police upon completion of training. A female African-American municipal judge has also been appointed, and the town's police force was cut in half.