🚨#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

More than 400,000 #veterans signed up for ⁦#healthcare⁩ with ⁦@DeptVetAffairs⁩ in the past year — a 30% increase from the prior year.
#PACTAct #ToxicExposures stripes.com/theaters/us/20…
stripes.com/theaters/us/20… The higher enrollments are driven by a new law covering illnesses from toxic exposure during #military service. The year-over-year increase spanned every state, with #Texas topping the list with approximately 41,200 new enrollees, followed by #California at 33,500, #Florida with 33,000, #Virginia with 20,500, & North Carolina at 17,500, according to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs.

Under the PACT Act, #veterans exposed to hazardous substances during active duty can enroll in VA #healthcare & qualify for monthly #disability compensation for medical conditions connected to their exposure to #environmental hazards from #military duty. The list of identified environmental hazards includes burn pits, #radiation, Agent Orange, & #firefighting foams, among other toxins. #PACTAct #BurnPits #AgentOrange #ToxicExposures

Today I will be livetweeting the @CleCityCouncil Caucus meeting for @cledocumenters & @signalcleveland. The meeting starts at noon. It will NOT be livestreamed & the agenda doesn’t list discussion topics. My colleague Karima McCree-Wilson will take notes. #CLEDocumenters #SignalCLE #CLECityCouncil Citizens Not Politicians is at the monthly Cleveland City Council Caucus meeting to discuss how #gerrymandering impacts elections at the state level.

Today Dan McLaughlin (aka @dmcbillion) are covering the Cleveland City Council caucus meeting for @cledocumenters & @signalcleveland. It starts at noon. @CleCityCouncil does NOT livestream meetings that are held in their large conference room. Legal Aid is here to talk about the right to council for those facing evictions. They partner with United Way every step of the way.

The Cleveland Police Monitoring Team published its 12th semi-annual report on March 23. I’m going to share the highlights. This is the link to the 87-page report. static1.squarespace.com/static/5651f9b… #Cleveland #CLEpolice #PoliceReform #ConsentDecree #LawEnforcement The report was filed in federal court last Thursday. Later Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. held a 2-hour hearing with the monitoring team & “the parties.” @TheJusticeDept & @CityofCleveland are the parties. The judge has overseen the case since 2015. I attended the hearing.

During his State of the Union Address, President #Biden announced his 4-part Unity Agenda. It includes “Supporting America’s Veterans and Their Families, Caregivers, and Survivors.”
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…) #veterans #SOTU #SOTU2023 Last year the #Biden Administration expanded benefits for #veterans, #caregivers & survivors. In 2022, @DeptVetAffairs processed an all-time record 1.7 million @VAVetBenefits claims & delivered $128 billion in earned benefits to 6.1 million veterans & survivors. #POTUS

Last night Front Steps Housing & Services (formerly Transitional Housing Inc.) held its first Home for All Ball since 2019. Front Steps provides permanent supportive housing & essential services needed to regain their independence. frontstepsservices.org #HousingFirst @FrontCle Front Steps Housing & Services was founded in 1986 as Transitional Housing Inc. (THI). It was one of the first transitional #housing programs in the country designed to serve #homeless & disabled women.
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The ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County is holding a special meeting today at 3:30 p.m. to address the pending closure of the St. Vincent Charity Medical Center Psychiatric Emergency Department. They will vote on a resolution to provide $4,447,412 in funding for calendar year 2023. The meeting will be held in the Ohio Room at the ADAMHS Board Offices, located on the 6th floor of 2012 West 25th St., Cleveland, OH 44113. Free parking is available in the lot behind the building off of West 25th Street.

Reports show ‘epic failure’ at Cuyahoga County children services office, but officials say hands are tied

According to this August story by Kaitlin Durbin, several staff said the agency is an “epic failure” on all fronts.
cleveland.com/news/2022/08/r… Chris Ronayne said the county government is “not navigable” for residents. “People don't know what it is, where it is & who's doing what over there.” The system has been “gummed up.” He asked “Are we in a tower downtown? Are we in our communities?”

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.

A self-titled group of “patriots” launched an effort to crank call ⁦@DeptVetAffairs⁩ Veterans Crisis Line & urged supporters to clog the line with calls complaining #veterans arrested for the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot are being mistreated in custody. taskandpurpose.com/news/veterans-… On Monday, the group held a live-streamed vigil outside the VA’s National Capital Regional Office in Washington, D.C. A man who identified himself as “Justin Johnson” urged 1776 Restoration Movement supporters to they could help the cause by calling the #veterans crisis line.

Good morning, #Cleveland! I’ll be live-tweeting today’s Cleveland City Council Mayor’s Appointments Committee meeting for @cledocumenters, starting at 10 a.m. #CLEDocumenters is supported by @NeighborUpCle. The @CleCityCouncil Mayor’s Appointments Committee meeting is being broadcast live on:
YouTube: youtube.com/user/Cleveland… Cleveland TV Channel 20 (Spectrum Cable TV)
TV 20 Livestream online: tv20cleveland.com/watch-now/

I encourage concerned @CuyahogaCounty residents to attend Tuesday’s @CuyahogaCouncil meeting & make a public comment at the beginning of the meeting. It starts at 5 pm at the County admin HQ at the 4th floor. You have 3 minutes to speak. #ARPA #RapeCrisis @clevelandrcc

https://twitter.com/rosiepalfy/status/1538605422835380224

I literally got a tension headache when I read this story. It was so well written I assumed @njKaitlinDurbin wrote it. But it was written by @clevelanddotcom’s new Stimulus Watch reporter @LucasDaprile.

Solved - Gulf War syndrome mystery: U.S. Gov-funded scientists blame SARIN released into air — #veterans #military #GulfWar #healthcare #science #ToxicExposures dailymail.co.uk/health/article… Researchers believe #troops’ exposure to sarin gas is to blame for the mysterious unexplained collection of illnesses known as Gulf War syndrome. About 250,000 #veterans have complained of chronic symptoms like fever, fatigue, #memory problems, body pain, etc… #GulfWar #research

This is going to be a long thread.🧵 #Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost released BCI case files from an officer-involved shooting last year in #Parma. He touted “full transparency” from the @OhioAG’s office. @DaveYostOH redacted names of 3 #SWAT officers who fired their weapons.

https://twitter.com/ohioag/status/1525222043087736834

In June 2021, Kevin Giesel was shot & killed by officers from the Southwest Enforcement Bureau (SEB) #SWAT team during a 10-hour standoff at his house in #Parma. Giesel was a 64-year-old #Vietnam #veteran. He got into a shootout with #police officers. cleveland.com/court-justice/…

Today Ward 7 @CleCityCouncil member @stephaniehowse met with about 40 members of the East Side @HomelessCongres to listen to their concerns. Earlier this week Council President @Griff4CLE6 met with the West Side Homeless Congress. #HomelessCongress #HomelessLivesMatter The @HomelessCongres presented @CleCityCouncil President Blaine Griffin & Ward 7 Council Member Stephanie Howse with a copy of the Congress’ proposed Homeless Bill of Rights.

@ProsMikeOMalley I have a lot of respect for you & the leadership you’ve shown on the Justice Center Executive Steering Committee. But you were out of line at today’s Cleveland City Council Safety Committee meeting. It was not personally or professionally about you, sir. The same council member has been asking the same questions of elected & unelected officials for months going back to the February budget hearings. She wants to focus on crime prevention. They aren’t “gotcha questions.” Nobody can answer her questions because the city & county…

@cledocumenters @ADAMHSBoardCC @CLEpolice @NEOMEDedu @cledocumenters @NeighborUpCle: I emailed the same PowerPoint presentation about the emergency commitment process to almost 2 dozen of my fellow @CityofCleveland Mental Health Response Advisory Committee (MHRAC) members on Feb. 2 & Feb. 3, 2021. My emails were ignored. #MHRAC @cledocumenters @ADAMHSBoardCC @CLEpolice @NEOMEDedu @NeighborUpCle @CityofCleveland I mixed up the dates. I sent this email to 22 MHRAC members on Feb. 1, 2021. They work for @CLEpolice, @ADAMHSBoardCC, @NEOMEDedu, @TheJusticeDept, @cle_monitorteam & other organizations. One person thanked me. But no action was taken. See the last paragraph. #MHRAC #PoliceReform

The @CityofCleveland Mental Health Response Advisory Committee met hours before @cory_shaffer's story was published about how @CLEpolice officers were disciplined in the Tanisha Anderson case. Nobody from the @cle_monitorteam or @USAttyHerdman's office told us about this.

https://twitter.com/RosiePalfy/status/1283973861160124416

The City of Cleveland Mental Health Response Advisory Committee (MHRAC) was created in 2015 as a mandate of the consent decree between @TheJusticeDept & @CityofCleveland. Nothing #MHRAC does remotely resembles oversight. We have not had a single discussion about Tanisha Anderson.

On July 1, Senators Kirsten #Gillibrand, Senator Chuck #Grassley & Senator Ted #Cruz announced they will offer the bipartisan #Military Justice Improvement Act as an amendment to this year’s National #Defense Authorization Act. gillibrand.senate.gov/news/press/rel… #NDAA #MJIA #PassMJIA From Senator Gillibrand's press release: "The Military #Justice Improvement Act would professionalize how the #military prosecutes serious crimes by moving the decision over whether to prosecute them to independent, trained, professional military prosecutors." #MJIA #PassMJIA

@UWM This is the pathetic response from University of #Wisconsin, #Milwaukee about senior lecturer retired @usairforce Lt Col Betsy Schoeller's disgusting #Facebook post about Vanessa Guillen's death. #VanessaGuillen #JusticeForVanessaGullien #FireBetsySchoeller @ProtectRDfnders

https://twitter.com/RosiePalfy/status/1279467901121179652

@UWM #Facebook posts are NOT PRIVATE. In #Ohio, college professors don't get tenure if they talk about "controversial topics" like mental illness concerns or #homeless individuals' #CivilRights on social media. If you don't have a #SocialMedia policy, you should. @ProtectRDfnders