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Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Still Withheld

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Robin Wolfeden prays in front of a makeshift memorial by the entrance of the Covenant School the day after a mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. March 28, 2023 | Image by Mark Zaleski/USA Today Network via REUTERS

Two weeks after the murder of six people at a Christian private school in Nashville, the killer’s manifesto still has not been released.

Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old biological female who identified as a male, allegedly entered The Covenant School on March 27 and fatally shot three children and three adults, as reported by The Dallas Express.

In a press conference shortly afterward, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department’s (MNPD) Chief John Drake said, “We have a manifesto, we have some writings that we are going over that pertain to this date, the actual incident, we have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place.”

When asked whether Hale’s reported transgender identification played a role in the attack, Chief Drake answered, “There is some theory to that.”

In a photo released by the police of the weapons on Hale’s person, the word “Aiden” was written on one of them, likely a name Hale went by according to LinkedIn and other digital records.

MNPD and federal authorities have thus far refused to release the manifesto, claiming that doing so would negatively impact the ongoing investigation.

Public information officers at MNPD additionally told The Dallas Express that there is no timeline for its release.

A list of property seized from Hale’s residence by law enforcement officials while executing a warrant shows that Hale wrote extensively. Police recovered several memoirs, over a dozen journals, folders, and a suicide note.

Hale apparently did not intend to leave a mystery as to Hale’s motive, writing the day of the shooting “One day this will make more sense. Ive left more than enough evidence behind. But something bad is about to happen.”

An MNPD press statement on the investigation from April 3 explained, “In the collective writings by Hale found in her vehicle in the school parking lot, and others later found in the bedroom of her home, she documented, in journals, her planning over a period of months to commit mass murder at The Covenant School.

“The writings remain under careful review by the MNPD and the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia,” MNPD noted. “The motive for Hale’s actions has not been established and remains under investigation by the Homicide Unit in consultation with the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit.”

However, the statement notes, “It is known that Hale considered the actions of other mass murderers.”

David Rausch, the director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), allegedly told a group of sheriffs that Hale “did not write about specific political, religious, or social issues,” according to Nashville News Channel 5. Instead, the writings show that Hale appeared to idolize the perpetrators of previous school shootings.

The TBI refused to verify whether Rausch made such a statement.

TBI communications director Josh DeVine told The Dallas Express, “While I can confirm the Director did speak to the Tennessee Sheriff’s Association recently, I cannot confirm specifics of his remarks, as they were intended solely for the law enforcement officers in attendance.”

DeVine added, “As you may know, our role is limited to assisting the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department in its investigation and they are handling the public release of information related to the case.”

In messages to a former basketball teammate sent shortly before the attack, Hale explained, “One day this will make more sense. … I’ve left behind more than enough evidence,” per the Independent.

While the manifesto and other writings have yet to be disclosed, authorities were quick to release body camera footage of the responding officers who neutralized Hale, as reported by The Dallas Express.

Some LGBTQ groups have argued that the manifesto should never be released.

Jordan Budd of Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere said, “It should not be published. The focus should be on how this was able to happen in the first place. There should not be such easy access to deadly weaponry,” per Newsweek.

Recently, another transgender person was arrested in Colorado on attempted murder charges for allegedly targeting schools and churches in a manifesto found by police.

William Whitworth, a biological male who identifies as a female under the name “Lilly,” was arrested by the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office after a family member called to report threatening statements against local schools.

The responding officer explained in his report that Whitworth “verified that Timberview Middle school was one of the ‘main targets’ currently and other targets were churches.”

Whitworth told the officer about a manifesto that “was four pages long and had schizophrenic rants on them,” according to the report. The report further alleges that Whitworth claimed to know “too much” about school shootings, stating, “there’s a page in my manifesto and there’s a bunch of mass killers.”

When the police found the manifesto, it contained “detailed lists of numerous named individuals to be killed and their [intended] casualty versus injury rate, information detailing the creation of improvised explosive devices,” and the finalization of several locations, in addition to more information about weapons, according to the report from the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office.

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7 Comments

  1. Bill

    It’s being withheld until the social justice Warriors at the FBI have a chance to rewrite it multiple times and edit out anything that will offend the Democrats chosen protected classes of people.

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  2. Thomas

    Like Epstein’s client list, there are things the government and media don’t want us thinking about or knowing. Protecting government power over our lives is their primary focus.

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    • Lou Sassole

      You should look into the things the Dallas Express doesn’t want you to know about: trump rage tweeting, Harlan crow and Clarence Thomas, kid rock and his trans seltzer, Fox being sued for lying about the election and voting machines…it goes on and on.

      Protecting the fragile psyche of conservatives is their primary focus. Watch out for rainbows, they are the new boogie man.

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      • Janet

        Well put!

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      • Thomas

        First, I’m not a Trump fan, although Sleepy Joe makes Trump look like Clarence Darrow, Winston Churchill, and Daniel Webster combined.

        Second, it’s the fragile psyche of trans murderers, psychotics, and the delusional that liberals are desperate to protect. I don’t mind what anyone else chooses to do or be. You can claim to be a quadrisexual wombat from outer space, and it won’t bother me a bit … until you think you can DEMAND that I acknowledge your fantasy.

        Finally, I’m still waiting for Epstein’s client list. I don’t give a damn what party those on the list are on. Why aren’t you demanding the same thing? Too many from your side need protecting, hmmm?

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      • Thomas

        Interesting that you can compare Epstein’s client list (something which is illegal) with rage tweeting and lying (neither of which are illegal.) And you wonder why we think people with TDS are losing their minds?

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  3. Edward H. Sebesta

    There has been an ongoing campaign of violence and intimidation against feminists who are critical of gender theory and endless threats and death wishes for Gays who reject elements of trans ideology on twitter. It is no surprise that this rage on Twitter has resulted in actual murderous acts.

    The moment the manifesto or diaries or whatever they will be called are released, the whole LGB without the T movement will be having them all over Twitter and other social platforms. I will be having links in my newsletter and I will be sharing on Twitter, Facebook, and reddit as how violent rhetoric against “cis” Gays has consequences.

    The ideology of violence of trans extremism (as opposed to trans who are just trying to make their way through the world) will be exposed.

    Further, it was proposed by many that the “non-binary” identity of the shooter at the Gay bar in Colorado was just a strategy by the person’s lawyer. It might be, but don’t assume that. Again, Twitter seeths with rage against “cis” Gays.

    However, I also expect that these manifestos will be used in exploitive ways also. This will be unfortunate. People who imagine they are the other sex seem to have been an element in human existence as far back as the historical records can be reasonably found.

    Nations like Thailand and others seem to find reasonable accomodations for transgenders, but in the English speaking world we have ferocious ideological fights. I think it is the fact that we have some cultural element of Calvinism where there is the elect and the damned and we strive for ultra positions to express our virtue.

    The manifestos need to be released, but we should not allow them to cause of to release our hold on reason.

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