Posted on 05/03/2023 11:36:12 AM PDT by Red Badger
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — In light of a lawsuit filed by the Tennessee Firearms Association (TFA) calling for Metro Police to release the Covenant manifesto, MNPD has issued a response.
Metro Police is saying they have been told by counsel to not release the Covenant shooter's manifesto unless the court says otherwise.
The Tennessee Firearms Association (TFA) sued Metro government for not releasing The Covenant School active shooter's manifesto Monday.
The TFA, alongside former Hamilton County Sheriff James Hammond, filed a lawsuit against the government with the hopes of a court order to disclose the manifesto .
This comes after three young students and three staff members at a small, private school in Nashville were killed in a mass shooting Mar. 27, 2023. In a heroic feat, officers Rex Englebert and Officer Michael Collazo were able to stop the active shooter. Metro Police say the 28-year-old transgender woman, Audrey Hale, had a manifesto leading up to the shooting.
Metro Police has the manifesto, but have not released it to the public so far. MNPD and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have had the writings of Hale in their possession as part of the investigation into the murder of the three 9-year-old students and three staff members.
In the meantime, many people believe the manifesto should be made public. There’s been a heated debate nationwide surrounding the Covenant School shooter's manifesto since Metro Nashville Police still have not released it.
Following the Metro Police statement, Tennessee Senate Democrats issued a response calling for gun legislation rather than concerns over what the shooter was thinking.
Brandon Puttbrese, Press Secretary for the Tennessee Senate Democratic Caucus issue the following statement:
The director of the TBI described the deceased Covenant School shooter’s journals as rambling writings that idolize mass murderers. It doesn’t matter what was in the shooter’s head; it matters what was in their hand. Instead of looking for meaning in nonsense, let’s enact meaningful gun laws and honor the victims at Covenant by working to stop the next school shooting.
However, some disagree with the approach, Tennessee U.S. Representative Tim Burchett's Office previously issued a statement to FOX 17 News stating:
Congress can't change peoples minds and hearts although it can try which is why congress is not going to fix this problem. Violent criminals don't follow the laws we already have on the books and more gun control is just going to stop law abiding citizens from defending themselves.
Releasing it rewards the perpetrator by giving them a voice. No way.
Outrageous!
You mean authorities lied to us and are protecting the transgender crowd?
Gee, I never saw that coming.
And what voice would that be? The voice that transgenderism is a sick, perverted state of mind that argues for the killing of normal people?
I’m fine with that. Aren’t you?
The Biden FBI is certainly running this show. Sadly, Tucker is gone and can’t enlighten us and the rest of the clown car radio guys are slow.....
There has to be stuff in there that makes trannies AND the FBI look pretty bad. Deservedly so.
Simple & obvious is usually the correct explanation.
We’re not allowed to know.
the victims need to know why this POS did what she did.
Probably filled with anti-Christian rants, Christians whom the Biden administration are persecuting, so we’ll probably never see it.
>Gee, I never saw that coming.
Nor did I. See, we agree on something :)
It needs to be released. I doubt I’d ever understand the perverse psychology of this individual but if anything useful can be extracted from her writings that could prevent this from happening again, let’s see it.
I’ve read that the targeting aspects are the ‘sensitive’ part.
They don’t want prospective shooters to know how to effectively target people and institutions.
There is allegedly no mystery as to motivation or weapons.
Why are they covering up this Terrorist Act?
creative editing takes time
As long as they keep hiding it, we are just going to have to assume the worst thing imaginable.
tranny terrorism
It starts early:
“gimme what I want, mommy” bam! bam!
It continues with:
“I want lots of attention”
“gimme what I want, or else [there will be hell to pay]”
It ends with:
“I want lots of attention” - bang!, bang! [then hopefully Hell]
They had NO intention to do so.
If our side played this like the Democrats do, you'd have "highly placed sources" telling the New York Times that shooter Audrey Hale was acting on instructions from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
The NYT would immediately print this as a "news story" on their front page.
There are several good reasons not to release the whole pile of material that is being caused a manifesto to the general public, not the least to deny any sort of megaphone or fame to the killer. The document collection needs to be reviewed by a responsible party, who can accurately characterize what it reveals about the murderer’s motives and connections.
No doubt the TN Firearms Association wants to know if the killer deliberately sought to spark a wave of gun control in reaction to her spree. Was anyone else in the know about her operation? Was she a target of a government investigation prior to her attack, or in contact with any agents provocateur? Since that is our government’s favorite ploy, people outside law enforcement need to see the documents.
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