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- Attorney, Ph.D. and Author -
TOM BLEAKLEY
GALLERY
 DPS LawsuitFrom left: Helen Moore, Tom Bleakley, LaMar Lemmons, Dr. John Telford, Elena Herrada |  DPS LawsuitLaMar Lemmons and Dr. John Telford |  DPS LawsuitDPS parent Kathy Carthron addresses news media. |
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 DPS LawsuitAttorney Tom Bleakley speaks to the news media during the press conference in the Fisher Building in Detroit on April 8, 2016. |  DPS LawsuitAttorney Tom Bleakley speaks to the news media during the press conference in the Fisher Building in Detroit on April 8, 2016. |  DPS LawsuitAttorney Tom Bleakley speaks to the news media during the press conference in the Fisher Building in Detroit on April 8, 2016. |
 DPS LawsuitAttorney Tom Bleakley speaks to the news media during the press conference in the Fisher Building in Detroit on April 8, 2016. |  DPS LawsuitAttorney Tom Bleakley speaks to the news media during the press conference in the Fisher Building in Detroit on April 8, 2016. |  DPS LawsuitAttorney Tom Bleakley speaks to the news media during the press conference in the Fisher Building in Detroit on April 8, 2016. |
 DPS LawsuitWJBK-TV Fox 2 news cameraman Marcus Dion Myers prepares to videotape the press conference on April 8, 2016 |  DPS LawsuitTV, radio and print news media gathers prior to the start of the press conference on April 8, 2016 |  DPS LawsuitChart shows the numbers behind the DPS crisis. |
 DPS LawsuitSign supporting DPS school kids is displayed by a supporter during the press conference on April 8, 2016. |  DPS LawsuitNews media interviews parent Kathy Carthron who has an 8-year-old son, Joseph Johnson, who is autistic and nonverbal and attends Cook Elementary School. She blasted the district, saying DPS has not properly attended to her son. |  DPS LawsuitAttorney Tom Bleakley is interviewed by Michigan Radio producer/reporter Sarah Cwiek after the press conference on April 8, 2016. |
 DPS LawsuitNews media interviews parent Kathy Carthron who has an 8-year-old son, Joseph Johnson, who is autistic and nonverbal and attends Cook Elementary School. She blasted the district, saying DPS has not properly attended to her son. |  DPS LawsuitNews media interviews parent Kathy Carthron who has an 8-year-old son, Joseph Johnson, who is autistic and nonverbal and attends Cook Elementary School. She blasted the district, saying DPS has not properly attended to her son. |  DPS LawsuitAttorney Tom Bleakley is interviewed by Fox 2 Detroit TV reporter after the press conference on April 8, 2016. |
 DPS LawsuitWXYZ-TV Channel 7 Detroit news cameraman Ramon Rosario shoots an interview for reporter Kim Russell after the press conference on April 8, 2016. |  DPS LawsuitAttorney Tom Bleakley is interviewed by Fox 2 Detroit TV reporter after the press conference on April 8, 2016. |  DPS LawsuitWJBK-TV Fox 2 and WXYZ-TV Channel 7 news reporters interview parent Kathy Carthron who has an 8-year-old son, Joseph Johnson, who is autistic and nonverbal and attends Cook Elementary School. She blasted the district, saying DPS has not properly attended to her son. |
 DPS LawsuitNews media interviews parent Kathy Carthron who has an 8-year-old son, Joseph Johnson, who is autistic and nonverbal and attends Cook Elementary School. She blasted the district, saying DPS has not properly attended to her son. |  DPS LawsuitWXYZ-TV Channel 7 in Detroit covered the press conference with a TV news crew. |  DPS LawsuitElena Herrada, a DPS board member, is interviewed by WXYZ-TV Channel 7 Detroit news reporter Kim Russell after the press conference. |
 DPS LawsuitDPS parent is interviewed by WWJ 950AM news reporter Vickie Thomas after the press conference on April 8, 2016. |  DPS LawsuitJohn Telford, the school board’s appointed superintendent, is interviewed by WWJ 950AM radio news reporter Vickie Thomas after the press conference on April 8, 2016. |  DPS LawsuitAttorney Tom Bleakley addresses the media during the DPS lawsuit press conference on April 8, 2016 at the Fisher Building in Detroit, Michigan. |
 DPS LawsuitElena Herrada, a DPS board member, is interviewed by WXYZ-TV Channel 7 Detroit news reporter Kim Russell after the press conference. |  DPS LawsuitWXYZ-TV Channel 7 reporter Kim Russell interviews parent Kathy Carthron who has an 8-year-old son, Joseph Johnson, who is autistic and nonverbal and attends Cook Elementary School. She blasted the district, saying DPS has not properly attended to her son. |
Detroit, MI - On April 7, 2016 a press conference was held by Detroit attorney and author Tom Bleakley announcing the formal filing of a
federal lawsuit on behalf of the board of education for Detroit Public Schools against the State of Michigan outlining the violation of the
civil rights of children by emergency management in the school district.
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