Nashville school shooter’s manifesto images leaked; mayor demands investigation

[Lauren Taylor | Anchor]

PAGES FROM THE NASHVILLE COVENANT SCHOOL SHOOTER’S MANIFESTO HAVE BEEN RELEASED BY POPULAR CONSERVATIVE PODCASTER STEVEN CROWDER – SEVEN MONTHS AFTER 28-YEAR-OLD AUDREY HALE KILLED 6 PEOPLE – INCLUDING THREE CHILDREN — AT THE SCHOOL IN MARCH.

HALE WAS BORN FEMALE AND, ACCORDING TO POLICE, IDENTIFIED AS TRANSGENDER.

YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS STORY –

DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU GET YOUR NEWS.

THIS STORY IS A MEDIA MISS – AND MOSTLY BEING COVERED BY RIGHT-LEANING MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS… AND ONLY A HANDFUL OF LEFT-LEANING NEWS OUTLETS.

HERE AT STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS – WE WANT YOU TO BE INFORMED WITH ALL THE FACTS.

AT THIS TIME – HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW.

ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS – HALE LEFT BEHIND MORE THAN A DOZEN JOURNALS, A SUICIDE NOTE AND A MEMOIR.

ON THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING – NASHVILLE’S POLICE CHIEF JOHN DRAKE CONFIRMED – POLICE HAD THE WRITINGS IN THEIR POSSESSION.

HE APPEARED ON CBS’S MORNING SHOW ON MARCH 28TH – THE DAY AFTER THE SHOOTING.

(CHIEF JOHN DRAKE / NASHVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT)

1:29 “so we have a manifesto, we have a booklet that shows exactly what she had planned to do, uh we have maps that show the entry point into the school…”

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IN THE MONTHS FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING – SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS FILED LAWSUITS – CALLING FOR THE RELEASE OF HALE’S MANIFESTO – CITING THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT HALE WROTE AND LEFT BEHIND.

THEN OVER THE SUMMER – VICTIM’S PARENTS ALSO FILED DECLARATIONS – TO PREVENT THE RELEASE OF THE MANIFESTO – SAYING IT COULD INSPIRE COPYCAT SHOOTERS.

AND NOW – SEVEN MONTHS LATER –

CROWDER –HOST OF “LOUDER WITH CROWDER” ON RUMBLE –

DETAILED THREE PAGES OF HALE’S WRITINGS ON HIS SHOW MONDAY MORNING.

THE IMAGES OF THE WRITINGS SAY IN PART QUOTE…

“KILL THOSE KIDS!!! THOSE CRACKERS

GOING TO PRIVATE FANCY SCHOOLS

WITH THOSE FANCY KWAKIS AND SPORTS BACKPACKS

WITH THEIR DADDIES MUSTANGS AND CONVERTABLES

WANNA KILL ALL YOU LITTLE CRACKERS

WITH YOUR WHITE PRIVLAGES…”

“DARK ABYSS

DEATH DAY 03/27/23

TODAY IS THE DAY YES.

THE DAY HAS FINALLY COME!

I CAN’T BELIEVE ITS HERE…

(GOD LET MY WRATH TAKE OVER MY ANXIETY)

I HOPE I HAVE A HIGH DEATH COUNT.

READY TO DIE, HAHA” END QUOTE.

A SPOKESPERSON CLAIMING TO REPRESENT COVENANT FAMILIES SPOKE ABOUT THE RELEASE AT A NEWS CONFERENCE MONDAY:

(BRENT LEATHERWOOD / SPOKESPERSON, COVENANT SCHOOL FAMILIES)

“you have now allowed this woman who terrorized our family with bullets to now be able to terrorize us with words from the grave. how could you? what kind of a person does this?”

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CHIEF DRAKE ISSUED A STATEMENT LATE MONDAY –

SEEMINGLY CONFIRMING THE LEAKED MANIFESTO PAGES ARE AUTHENTIC…

SAYING IN PART QUOTE “I am greatly disturbed by today’s unauthorized release of three pages of writings from the Covenant shooter… This action showed a total disregard for Covenant families, as well as the court system, which has control of the shooter’s journals at the present time due to litigation filed earlier this year.” END QUOTE.

NASHVILLE’S MAYOR –FREDDIE O’CONNELL—HAS ORDERED AN INVESTIGATION INTO HOW IMAGES OF HALE’S MANIFESTO WERE RELEASED.

THERE IS NO NATIONAL STANDARD ON HOW AND WHEN TO RELEASE WRITINGS OR MANIFESTOS FROM MASS SHOOTERS.

FOR EXAMPLE…

IN NOVEMBER 2022 – A VIRGINIA WALMART EMPLOYEE SHOT DEAD 6 OF HIS CO-WORKERS AND POLICE RELEASED HIS HIS WRITINGS WITHIN A FEW DAYS OF THE SHOOTING.

AND IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR –

A GUNMAN SHOT AND KILLED THREE PEOPLE ON THE MICHIGAN STATE CAMPUS  AND WITHIN DAYS – POLICE HAD RELEASED THE KILLER’S WRITINGS.

AT THIS TIME – IT’S UNKNOWN WHY ONLY A HANDFUL OF LEFT-LEANING MEDIA OUTLETS ARE COVERING THE NASHVILLE SCHOOL SHOOTER’S LEAKED MANIFESTO.