The shooting at Covenant School in Nashville by Audrey Hale, a transgender artist, happened almost two months ago and the manifesto left behind by Hale still hasn’t been released.
One thing that’s holding up the process is an ongoing legal battle involving multiple parties.
FOX News reports:
Nashville school shooter manifesto: Police group sides with school in lawsuit over releaseOfficials at The Covenant School, the Nashville, Tennessee, Christian elementary school where a trans killer barged in on March 27 and gunned down three 9-year-olds and three adults, have filed to intervene in a lawsuit seeking the public disclosure of a manifesto the shooter left behind.The National Police Association (NPA) and Tennessee-based private investigator Clara Brewer are suing city and county officials, demanding copies of Audrey Hale’s writings, which were recovered from the killer’s vehicle and home after the shooting.A judge is expected to make a decision in June, according to the NPA. In addition to the manifesto, the NPA is also seeking copies of police communications related to the document.The police group said The Covenant School is asking to protect floor plans of its facility and personnel information and that the NPA does not object. A judge has scheduled the next hearing for Thursday afternoon.
More than 60 Republicans in the Tennesee House are calling for releasing the manifesto and other documents, saying that they’re being asked to consider legislation based on the case without knowing all the details.
The New York Post reports:
66 Tennessee Republicans call for release of Audrey Hale’s manifesto: ‘Don’t understand the apprehension’More than 60 members of the Tennessee House Republican Caucus have signed a letter calling for Metro Nashville Police to release the Covenant school shooter’s manifesto.The writings of transgender killer Audrey Hale have become a focal point since the March 27 mass shooting, as the FBI has sought to keep them under wraps — prompting two lawsuits to compel their release.A letter to Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake sent Monday was signed by 66 caucus members and requests “the release of the perpetrator’s writings as well as relevant medical records and toxicology reports.”Rep. Jeremy Faison, House Republican Caucus Chair, told The Post Wednesday his group doesn’t “understand the apprehension,” and pointed out legislators are being asked to consider new gun control legislation since the shooting without knowing the totality of Hale’s circumstances.“It’s incumbent on us to understand all the ins and outs of what drove Audrey Hale to do what she did,” Faison told The Post by phone.
The fact that the manifesto has not yet been released makes the delay look political as if someone has something to hide. What is the problem?
People are not going to stop demanding its release, and the longer it takes, the more suspicious they will become.
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