Building and modifying Tufte boxplots in R

In this post, I included an example of how to build and modify Tufte boxplots in R. The data is from DataSF through the open data initiative and relates to SF Police Department crime incidents. Here is what the final product looks like (click the image to increase the size):

For more unique data visualizations, checkout out my posts on the Polyarea chart and Change plot. 

The code is available below:

There is more information about how to build Tufte visualizations in R at this link.