Leaked manifesto may have come from Nashville police
As I noted in my previous post, three pages from the notebook of Aubrey Hale were leaked to the public this past Monday by right-wing blowhard Steven Crowder. Hale was the shooter at the Covenant School shooting this past March in Nashville. In my opinion, Crowder leaked these documents because Hale was transitioning and was starting to identify as male, taking the name Aiden. Right-wing media has been hell-bent on painting a picture of trans people being criminally insane off the acts of one trans person.
But who sent the images to Crowder? A number of people in the Nashville community are pointing fingers at someone in the Metro Nashville Police Department. The NMPD is currently, and has been, in possession of the manifesto. They even made an announcement that the images are not ‘MNPD crime scene images’ meaning the images were taken some time after the MNPD collected the manifesto as evidence. One of the leaked images even has a Metro Nashville police car in the background.
The manifesto itself, is currently in the middle of a legal fight between the families who don’t want the words of a killer haunting them for the rest of their lives, and the press who want it to be made public.
So, while these legal proceedings were ongoing, someone within the MNPD decided to take the matters into their own hands. But they didn’t send it to the local paper or a local news station, they sent the images to a Rush Limbaugh wannabe who’s failed in just about every profession he’s ever had. That means leaking the images to Crowder was a politically motivated stunt designed to stir up anti-trans sentiment. That’s not even considering the wishes of the victims’ families. Whatever happened to protect and serve? I guess getting right-wing internet circle jerk points is more important to at least someone within the MNPD.
The mayor’s office said they were launching an investigation into who leaked the images. I just hope it’s not one of those investigations where the outcome is “We’ve investigated ourselves and cleared us of any wrongdoing.”
The justice needs to be as severe as the offense.
(Sources)
- Possible leak of Nashville shooter’s writings before Covenant School shooting under investigation
- Nashville police chief confirms authenticity of leaked Covenant school shooter’s writings
- Covenant families blame law enforcement officer for leaked images: ‘How could you?’
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