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White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect asks judge to remove him from suicide precautions in jail

The Independent·Isabel Keane·about 1 month ago
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The suspect accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last weekend has asked a judge to take him off suicide precautions while in jail. Cole Thomas Allen allegedly rushed security guards and fired a shotgun , hitting one Secret Service agent outside the black-tie gala on April 25. Allen, 31, was assigned a “safe cell” equipped with padded walls and 24-hour lockdown procedures after he was booked on April 27. He was required to wear “a vest akin to a strait jacket,” according to a filing by his lawyers obtained by Reuters. He was later downgraded to “suicide precautions,” meaning he could not make phone calls or receive visits from anyone outside of his legal team. The precautions also limit his time outside of his cell to visits from his legal team and showers. During both instances, he is required to have an escort, according to the filing.…

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