Tomorrow @CleCityCouncil will hold a caucus meeting at noon. The agenda does not list discussion items. The meeting will NOT be live-streamed on YouTube or TV 20. I spent the day doing research to find a loophole to explain council’s lack of transparency. I COULD NOT FIND ONE.
I’m going to share what I learned in the hope that #Cleveland City Council President Blaine Griffin will reconsider this practice. I’m asking @Griff4CLE6 to publish a full agenda & livestream the meeting. I believe there’s been an honest misinterpretation of Ohio’s Sunshine Laws.
This is going to take a while. I’m asking everyone following this🧵to please be polite & refrain from swearing because it’s not going to help. I want to state the obvious upfront. I am NOT an attorney & I don’t play one on 📺. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, here we go…
I spent the entire day researching Cleveland City Council’s rules, news releases & press releases. I read news stories, Ohio’s Sunshine☀️ Laws, as well as old notes & Twitter🐥threads from numerous @cledocumenters. I believe @CleCityCouncil is violating the Open Meetings Act.
The Rules of @CleCityCouncil details procedures for council meeting, standing committees, special meetings & emergency meetings. But it does not address caucus meetings. The word “caucus” isn’t mentioned once in the 20-page document. clevelandcitycouncil.org/sites/default/…
What is a caucus? Here’s how Merriam-Webster defines a caucus:👇
Ballotpedia defines a caucus as “a political party gathering in which party members choose candidates for an election.🗳 ballotpedia.org/Caucus
There was not a caucus meeting in February. But 2 caucus meetings were held in March & they were NOT live-streamed. #CLECityCouncil
Stay Tuned‼️
I will finish this thread🧵 later when I have time. The bottom line is that these @CleCityCouncil caucus meetings appear to be “special meetings” which require disclosure of the meeting’s purpose. #SunshineLaws☀️ #OpenMeetingsAct
🚨New #RichardAllen court documents🚨 1st of 2 defense motions to shorten discovery response time: “The mental health services provided by Dr. Monica Wala were called into question during pre-trial proceedings in this cause on or about July 31, 2024; Defendant Allen has reason to believe that further employment related investigations associated with Dr. Wala's conduct were carried out after said pre-trial proceedings and therefore, Defendant Allen is pursuing information related thereto.” #Delphi #DelphiMurders #AllEyesOnDelphi 👇
👆The above motion asked the court to shorten the 3️⃣0️⃣ day response period to 1️⃣5️⃣ days. The 2nd of 2 #RichardAllen defense motions to shorten discovery response time is similar. Requests were served on the state of #Indiana on August 13 & the state “declined to waive” the 15-day notice period. The defense said the waiver is “not unduly burdensome.” #Delphi #DelphiMurders #AllEyesOnDelphi👇
#RichardAllen document update: I received numerous emails with the same court filings. There appear to be 4 more documents. I’m wading through them & will post the other pages soon. #Delphi #DelphiMurders #AllEyesOnDelphi
#RichardAllen case update: “Correspondence” was added to the case docket. Anthony Greeno from True Crime Investigates wrote a 9-page “cease & desist” letter about “unlawful transcript fees.” It was addressed to “administrator” “Ms. Williams.” He cites #FOIA & the #Indiana Public Records Act (#ARPA). The “exhibit” is an email exchange between Julie Marvin from Beyond the Evidence & Special Judge Fran Gull’s court reporter Jodie Williams. I’m posting the letter. #Delphi #DelphiMurders #PublicRecords pages 1-3 👇
#RichardAllen case update: “Cease & desist” letter about “unlawful transcript fees.” #Delphi #DelphiMurders #PublicRecords pages 4-6👇
#RichardAllen case update: “Cease & desist” letter about “unlawful transcript fees.” #Delphi #DelphiMurders #PublicRecords pages 7-9👇
Yesterday #RichardAllen’s defense attorneys filed a new brief: MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF ADMISSION OF EVIDENCE OF ALTERNATIVE THEORIES OF THE CRIME AND THIRD-PARTY PERPETRATORS
It summarizes the evidence & legal arguments presented during a recent court hearing. I’m explaining the topics & including screenshots of all 27 pages. This is going to be a long 🧵. #DelphiMurders
MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF ADMISSION OF EVIDENCE OF ALTERNATIVE THEORIES OF THE CRIME AND THIRD-PARTY PERPETRATORS — #RichardAllen #DelphiMurders — Pages 1-4👇
MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF ADMISSION OF EVIDENCE OF ALTERNATIVE THEORIES OF THE CRIME AND THIRD-PARTY PERPETRATORS — #RichardAllen #DelphiMurders — Pages 5-8👇
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 #RichardAllen
Special Judge Fran Gull just dropped a trove of court orders in the Richard Allen case. I just received 7 documents from the court. I will post them when I can. Below is the abbreviated version of her latest orders. #Delphi #DelphiMurders
Judge Gull denied Richard Allen’s 3rd request for a Franks Hearing. #RichardAllen #DelphiMurders
Judge Gull denied Richard Allen’s 4th request for a Franks Hearing. #RichardAllen #DelphiMurders
#Cleveland Community #Police Commission Interim Executive Director Jason Goodrick filed a #lawsuit against Mayor Justin Bibb, the city & 6 commissioners claiming he has suffered #discrimination because he’s a white male. A 3rd commissioner has resigned in less than a week. Now the city is now looking for a total of 9 new members. #PoliceReform #ConsentDecreefox8.com/news/i-team-he…
There’s a lot to unpack here. Anyone following the Cleveland Community Police Commission knew this was coming & it could’ve been avoided. Arguably, Mayor Bibb’s refusal to hire interim executive director Jason Goodrick has caused most of @216cpc’s internal strife & chaos.
#Cleveland Community #Police Commission Interim Executive Director Jason Goodrick 16-page #lawsuit alleges the following:
“Within two years of the adverse employment action described herein, Goodrick filed Charges of Discrimination with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission against all Defendants.
On October 10, 2023, the #OCRC issued and mailed Right to Sue Letters for the Charges of Discrimination against all Defendants. Pursuant to Ohio law, the applicable statute of limitations for Goodrick to file his claims in this matter was tolled while his Charges of #Discrimination were pending with the OCRC.
Goodrick has filed his claims in this matter within the proscribed time allowed for following the receipt of the Right to Sue letters from the OCRC. Goodrick has properly exhausted his administrative remedies.”
🚨#Delphi update: #RichardAllen’s lawyers filed several motions today. The 1st is a MOTION TO SUPPRESS STATEMENTS & includes an APPENDIX LIST OF EXHIBITS.
The lawyers want Judge Gull to suppress “any & all oral & written communications, confessions, statements or admissions alleged to have been made by him” during his pre-trial detention.
“It is alleged that Defendant Allen communicated incriminating statements to State actors &/or their agents, all of which the State of Indiana intends to present to a jury at the trial in this cause.” #DelphiMurders #JusticeForRichardAllen
According to #RichardAllen’s attorneys: The statements were “involuntary” & obtained in violation of the 5th, 6th & 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution & Article I, Sections 12, 13, & 14 of the #Indiana #Constitution.
“The statements sought to be suppressed were obtained as a result of psychological & mental coercion illegally directed against the Defendant & such statements were, therefore, involuntarily given.”
They’re asking Judge Gull to:
1️⃣ Conduct a pre-trial hearing to determine if the statements alleged to have been given were voluntary in nature; &
2️⃣ Suppress as evidence in this cause any & all communications, confessions, statements or admissions, written or oral, made by him subsequent to his arrest in this cause.
#Delphi #DelphiMurders #JusticeForRichardAllen
An APPENDIX LIST OF EXHIBITS was filed with the motion to suppress alleged statements made by #RichardAllen during his pre-trial detention:
1. Court Order (Safekeeping Order) of November 3, 2022; 2. Deposition of Warden John Galipeau;
a. Certification of Certain Questions in the Deposition Upon Oral Examination of John Galipeau;
b. Affidavit of Warden John Galipeau, Westville Correctional Facility; 3. Report of Treatment Review Committee (TRC) Hearing; 4. Audio Statement of Michael Roberts; 5. IN DOC – Adult Mental Health Order of 11/3/22 (Form 56549); 6. Westville Video M2U00987; 7. Audio Statement of Timothy Weist; 8. Affidavit of Sergeant Joshua Robinson, Westville Correctional Officer; 9. Affidavit of Sergeant Randy Jones, Westville Correctional Officer; 10. Westville Video M2U01136; 11. Independent Neuropsychological Evaluation – Dr. Polly Westcott; 12. WCU Suicide Monitoring 11/8/22; 13. Autopsy Report Abigail Williams; 14. Autopsy Report Liberty German; 15. Statement of inmate Lacy Patton, Jr.; and 16. Statement of inmate Jason Elliott.