What a crock! Anal (oops, I mean Anel) probably did not have a drivers license or insurance. The other driver should SUE the HELL out of her! The citizens of Hoover ought to sue the Multicultural center for aiding and abetting!

There is no way you will convince me that this officer took and searched her purse unless he had 1. probable cause, or 2. if she gave him permission. This is a set up! I know the man in charge of the Hoover Homeland Security Dept. and he is a super guy.

Illegals, know this, we DO NOT WANT you in Alabama and we will not cow down to your whimpering and arrogance! Het the HELL out of Hoover and the rest of my state!




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Hispanics file suit against Hoover
Thursday, December 29, 2005
DAWN KENT
News staff writer

Hoover police and elected leaders are trying to drive Hispanics out of the city through a pattern that includes racial profiling, illegal searches and unlawful incarceration, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court.

The suit, filed on behalf of Anel Mancero-Ramirez of Alvaro Obregon, Mexico, also claims the city created its Department of Homeland Security and Immigration solely to police the Hispanic population. The department then began a scheme that would force the migration of Hispanics out of Hoover, the suit contends.

The suit seeks to include, as part of a class action, at least 500 others - legal or illegal Hispanic immigrants who have been or may be coerced into pleading guilty to a charge of criminal possession of a forged instrument. The class also would include those who have been subjected to illegal stops, searches, arrests, charges, convictions and sentences.

Attorney George Huddleston III said he wants the court to order the practices stopped and declared unconstitutional. The suit, which also cites excessive fines as part of the pattern, seeks money damages.

"I've spoken to a lot of Hispanics in the area who have indicated to me that this is a commonplace thing," he said.

Mayor Tony Petelos, named as a defendant, said he is not familiar with the suit and declined comment.

Mancero-Ramirez was living in Vestavia Hills in May when she was involved in a minor traffic accident with a non-Hispanic resident in Hoover, the suit says. When police officers arrived, one officer forcibly took her purse and wallet and searched them, without a warrant.

The suit says the officer then removed a card or cards that he alleged were false or forged, and Mancero-Ramirez was arrested and charged with second-degree possession of a forged instrument. She was taken to the Jefferson County Jail and placed there under a "no bond" order signed by Jefferson County District Judge Robert Cahill.

Mancero-Ramirez remained in jail under the "no bond" order for more than 20 days before pleading guilty. She was then released into the custody of agents from the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and detained at a federal facility in Etowah County until the end of August. She was then taken across the border from Texas to Mexico, where she was abandoned with no money or possessions, the suit says.

The suit names the city, its police department and Cahill, along with Police Chief Nick Derzis. It also names all seven Hoover City Council members.


E-mail: dkent@bhamnews.com