Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) spokesman Don Aaron told The Tennessee Star on Tuesday the department is investigating how images of three pages from the manifesto written by Covenant School killer Audrey Elizabeth Hale “made their way outside of law enforcement” on Monday.
“The investigation is advancing,” Aaron told The Star when asked if MNPD could eliminate the possibility of the leaked documents coming from within the department.
“We are continuing with the objective to ascertain exactly how these photographs made their way outside of law enforcement,” he explained.
MNPD Police Chief John Drake vowed on Monday to investigate who leaked the documents depicted in photos shown by conservative comedian and pundit Steven Crowder earlier that day after The Star independently verified the documents are part of the genuine manifesto written by Hale.
Aaron’s remarks about the origin of the photographs seem to corroborate the description of their sourcing offered by Crowder to WSMV reporter Jeremy Finley.
Crowder told Finley the documents came from two sources who “are people involved with” Nashville police, including a detective “directly involved with Nashville, PD.” The detective apparently took the photographs during investigation, and was “on the scene of the crime.” Crowder claimed the detective then sent the images to the other source just two days after the shooting. Crowder added that the detective spoke to his reporter to verify the authenticity of the photographs.
This is the raw & unedited footage of my interview with @JFinleyreports (@WSMV). This is the full context, you be the judge. pic.twitter.com/ynmZ8Dftkx
— Steven Crowder (@scrowder) November 7, 2023
Though MNPD has not commented about a possible suspect, the department repeatedly insisted the photographs are not from a crime scene investigator, and Aaron told The Star the department only became aware of the photos after images of the manifesto began circulating on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“We became aware of it with people inquiring about the tweets, and we were well aware of what was taking place when he started tweeting,” said Aaron.
Mayor Freddie O’Connell ordered the investigation on Monday, and MNPD acknowledged investigators poring “into dissemination of three photographs of writings during an on-line discussion about Covenant school.”
Crowder told WSMV the sources sought to release the manifesto pages because “it’s the right thing to do.” Without its release, “their voices are not heard” and “the truth has not been uncovered,” he argued.
When asked about his decision to release just three pages, Crowder said did not believe law enforcement would otherwise make them public. “I don’t believe for a second that the media was ever going to actually do some digging and try to get to the truth of this,” Crowder said.
Star News Digital Media Inc., the parent company of The Star, filed two lawsuits to compel the Federal Bureau of Investigation and MNPD to release the manifesto, and both lawsuits remain active.
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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Tennessee Star, and also reports for The Georgia Star News and the Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “John Drake” by Metro Nashville Police Department.
A judicial commissioner set Shaquille Taylor’s bond at $280k. SERIOUSLY ??😡Another Davidson county tragedy. He shot a Belmont student in the head in broad daylight. He has a LENGTHY criminal record. She is not expected to live. SHAQUILLE be charged with murder and a hate crime. He really shouldn’t live to see another day!
Thank God someone with scruples saw the importance of exposing this disturbed woman’s thinking process.
She was 28 yrs old & white & went to this Covenant private Christian school as a child. Yet she expresses extreme hatred for white kids. Calls them Crackers & Faggots. It smells bad like someone has been brainwashing this sad little woman in the CRT Ideology.
Who knew she has a cache of firearms in her possession? Who taught her how to shoot? Who advised her on what kind of firearm would kill more victims than another?
It sounds like she not only didn’t like being born a woman, but she didn’t like being white either. This sounds so much like the CRT propaganda that is being pushed on kids in public school programs & companies that require it. If your white, shame on you, you oppressor. Where did she work?
This whole thing stinks of politics. Someone, maybe someone who doesn’t want to be exposed for their part in this sick woman’s life as a treatment provider or confidant. Did Audrey have a girlfriend who knew she was suicidal? Why wouldn’t someone in her life report her to the authorities as being a danger to herself & maybe others. Professionals in the medical field are required by Federal Law to report people to the Police, so they can be detained & evaluated by psychiatric professionals.
Why can’t Metro release all the documents & redact names? The Cover Up & the effort to punish the one guilty of exposing part of her Manifesto is the problem. We want to know has Metro investigated the people in her personal life? What went wrong in her life? Was she disappointed that she could never really change her sex? Was she taking prescribed meds, maybe testosterone? Who prescribed it?
That’s what the public needs to know. Who in our community knew her psychosis, & doesn’t want to be exposed? Someone from Vanderbilt maybe? Or some other treatment provider. How many providers in Nashville are giving sex changing drugs to vulnerable people? How can we prevent this from happening to one of our loved ones? Is the FBI blocking the release? If so, why?
The looney left and media strongly believe that the public is not capable of understanding anything but their lies.