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 to remove Mr. Allen from suicide precautions,” Allen’s lawyers wrote.
“Mr. Allen’s placement on suicide watch and suicide precautions amount to violations of his rights under the Due Process Clause to the U.S. Constitution,” they said.
For that reason, Mr. Allen requests the Court order the DOC to remove him from suicide precautions,” Cole Allen’s lawyers wrote in a court filing on Saturday.
Allen’s attorneys also claimed that the DOC intake team who assessed the WHCD shooter “did not note any suicide risk factors.”
The attorneys whined that Cole Allen is not permitted to make phone calls and has no access to a jail tablet.
Cole Allen made his initial appearance in federal court in DC on Monday.
The 31-year-old was previously charged with using a firearm during a crime of violence and assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.
On Monday, Allen was hit with a total of 3 charges: Attempting to assassinate the president of the United States, transporting a firearm and ammunition with intent to commit a felony and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
On Sunday, it was revealed that Cole Allen wrote a manifesto and expressed his hatred for “pedophile, rapist” Trump.
Cole Allen’s manifesto sounded like Democrat-media talking points. He called himself a ‘friendly federal assassin.’
The Justice Department on Thursday released high-resolution video of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter sprinting past a Secret Service checkpoint and opening fire.
The newly released footage shows Cole Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, sprint through a magnetometer metal detector and open fire at a Secret Service agent in the lobby of the Washington Hilton on Saturday night.
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