Environmental African-American Citizens Sue City of Rochelle, Georgia Over Decades of Sewage Dumping, Aug. 13, 2013 by Gary Kopycinski on August 13, 2013 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Environmental: People Outside Will Be Injured: Severe Thunderstorms Strike Park Forest March 31, 2026 Park Forest Officials Urge Residents to Protect Pipes as Coldest Air of the Season Continues December 14, 2025 Park Forest Workshops Join Global Effort to Prevent Bird Collisions August 21, 2025 Tallahassee, FL–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2013. A group of African-American citizens filed suit today against their city government in Rochelle, Ga. for discharging the city’s raw sewage onto their properties.