what is the mood, ed, in the area in cleveland now? about all this? is there a growing sense as there was in the first few days, maybe, that this should all have been solved a long time ago? reporter: there is a piece of that. in fact, there s a growing sense of let s question the police and there s a lot of backlash from the police, even from the chief s office saying wait a minute, we did everything we could. you re always going to have that second guessing, people coming out of the woodwork and saying well, i gave them a tip about such and such, i told them about such and such, then the police say we looked back through our records and it never happened. so that second guessing is still going on but as far as the community goes, we just found out today that these cleveland courage fund, a fund for the women, has raised $480,000 from all over the country for those three women. $480,000. amazing. as always with these things, the ghouls come out as well. i m told there are now po
on wednesday, just two days after they were freed. they ve thanked us for that and they ve pointed out that they encourage people to give to the cleveland courage fund, and we are in communications with the attorneys that represent the survivors and we ll have more news shortly, in the next few days, but so we re very pleased that we re in communication with the attorneys. the women s safety, mental, physical well-being, we know as the mayor called for to stop the speculation, and we are having the utmost respect for their privacy in what they re doing. so we are only working with their legal representatives. they know we re all working on behalf of those survivors. we re really here to serve them in the fund that we establish and we re looking forward to figuring out with their attorneys and their legal representatives the utilization of those funds.
some other agencies, so i think what you re seeing is, you know, a perimeter fence and then agencies still gaining access relative to questions pertaining to the case itself. and that s pretty much what i ve heard today. you re spearheading a fund-raising effort for the four victims in this case. tell us more about this. this is important. well, the primary importance is that on sunday, the world received news from legal representatives of the survivors, and we were thrilled because at the end of that news conference, they mentioned the cleveland courage fund that we created on wednesday, just two days after they were freed. they ve thanked us for that and they ve pointed out that they encourage people to give to the cleveland courage fund, and we are in communications with the attorneys that represent the
encourage people to give to the cleveland courage fund, and we are in communications with the attorneys that represent the survivors and we ll have more news shortly, in the next few days, but so we re very pleased that we re in communication with the attorneys. the women s safety, mental, physical well-being, we know as the mayor called for to stop the speculation, and we are having the utmost respect for their privacy in what they re doing. so we are only working with their legal representatives. they know we re all working on behalf of those survivors. we re really here to serve them in the fund that we establish and we re looking forward to figuring out with their attorneys and their legal representatives the utilization of those funds. right. we re going to have the information linked on our website as well. councilman, appreciate your time
survivors, and we were thrilled because at the end of that news conference, they mentioned the cleveland courage fund that we created on wednesday, just two days after they were freed. they ve thanked us for that and they ve pointed out that they encourage people to give to the cleveland courage fund, and we are in communications with the attorneys that represent the survivors and we ll have more news shortly, in the next few days, but so we re very pleased that we re in communication with the attorneys. the women s safety, mental, physical well-being, we know as the mayor called for to stop the speculation, and we are having the utmost respect for their privacy in what they re doing. so we are only working with their legal representatives. they know we re all working on behalf of those survivors.