US EditionWhite House dinner shooting suspect seeks end of suicide precautions
His lawyers say a nurse recommended ending the restrictions and argue the measures block calls, visits and access to jail resources.
- On Saturday, attorneys for Cole Tomas Allen asked a Washington judge to remove him from suicide precautions while jailed for attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump.
- Allen allegedly stormed a security checkpoint and fired a shotgun outside the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 25, facing charges of attempted assassination and illegal weapons transport.
- Upon booking on April 27, officials placed Allen in a "safe cell" with 24-hour lockdown procedures, later downgrading him to "suicide precautions" restricting phone calls and personal visits.
- Although a nurse recommended ending precautions on Friday, they remained in place; Allen's lawyers argue the status "amounts to punishment," denying him a tablet "which would permit him to communicate with loved ones outside of the jail."
- A ruling from the District Court is pending on the motion, which will determine if Allen regains communication access while he awaits trial for the April 25 incident.
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White House Correspondents' dinner shooting suspect is on restrictive suicide precautions, lawyers say
Defense lawyers for the man charged with trying to assassinate President Donald Trump during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner last week say he’s being deprived of his dignity and resources by being unnecessarily kept under suicide precaution status.
DC Shooting Suspect Requests Suicide Status Removed
The man who prosecutors say attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington last weekend is petitioning to be taken off suicide watch, according to a new filing by his lawyers on Saturday. Cole Allen’s status on suicide watch and suicide precaution “amounts to punishment” and “violations of his rights,” his lawyers said. “Mr. Allen is forced to be escorted to the shower, strip searched when…
BREAKING: WHCD Shooter Claims His Rights Violated While On Suicide Watch
Cole Allen, charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump, is currently on suicide precautions while held in a Washington, D.C. jail. His defense team claims this treatment is unnecessary and infringes upon his constitutional rights. In a recent court filing, they requested that the court intervene, arguing, “Mr. Allen’s placement on suicide watch and suicide precautions amount to violations of his rights under the Due Process Clau…
WHCD Shooter Cole Allen Placed on Suicide Precautions in DC Jail
Cole Allen, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter who was charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump, has been placed on “suicide precautions” in the DC jail. Allen’s attorneys argued that placing their client on suicide precautions is unnecessary and violates his rights. “Cole Tomas Allen, through undersigned counsel, respectfully requests this Honorable Court order the Department of Corrections (DOC) at the D.C. Jail …
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