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Residents and advocates tell Birmingham City Council of alleged DHR overreach; legal advocates deliver notice
Summary
During public comment, residents told the council of alleged child removals and hospital interventions by DHR; two civil-rights litigators delivered notices accusing state actors of constitutional violations and urging reporting of alleged felonies.
Several members of the public used the council’s public comment period on Dec. 30 to raise serious allegations about Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) practices and to present legal notices seeking to put elected officials on record.
Donna Prince said members of her family were separated when DHR caseworkers removed five grandchildren without court orders and later removed newborns from hospitals. "They removed all 5 of my grandchildren and scattered them all over the state of Alabama,"…
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