A spokesperson for the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) told The Tennessee Star they have “no idea” about the document obtained by Steven Crowder and released on Monday, which he purports to be the actual manifesto of Covenant School shooter Audrey Hale.
They did not specifically address the authenticity of the purported document.
“I have no idea what that is, and at this point in time I don’t think we know what that’s about,” a MNPD spokesman told The Star.
When asked about the specific document Crowder obtained, the spokesman said the department has “no idea who he is, what he’s got, what he’s talking about.”
Crowder claimed to have exclusively obtained the manifesto on Monday morning, and an image of the document quickly began circulating online. In the document purported to belong to Hale, the author wrote “kill those kids,” and disparaged them as “crackers” “going to fancy schools with those fancy khakis [and] sports backpacks.” The author wrote of their desire to “kill all you little crackers” due to their “white privileges [sic].”
The conservative pundit posted several images of handwritten notebook pages, which he claims to be from the manifesto, to his social media. In the document, Crowder claims Hale, who reportedly identified as a transgender male before her death, wrote “I hope I have a high death count” and “I’m ready… I hope my victims aren’t.”
https://twitter.com/scrowder/status/1721545965402726734
The Star is behind two lawsuits seeking to compel the FBI to release the manifesto, but both federal and local law enforcement have resisted all attempts to obtain the document.
Representative John Rose (R-TN-06) sent a letter to Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake more than 200 days ago, calling for its release, and recently condemned law enforcement’s decision to leave political leaders “in the dark” and “completely” ignore his “reasonable request” for the information to be released to the public. He claimed the “lack of cooperation” will hamper “policy solutions that may prevent future tragedies.”
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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Georgia Star News, and also reports for The Tennessee Star and the Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Image “MNPD John Drake” by Metro Nashville Police Department.
