Tag: Covenant School

Parents, Staff at Covenant School Join Prominent Officials in New Filings Seeking to Stop Release of Shooter’s Writings

An array of statements in support of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department’s denial of public records requests in connection with the March 27 mass shooting at The Covenant School have been filed this week. In total, around 25 statements supporting the decision to withhold the documents were made in just three days. Those filing in support…


Appeals Court Halts Proceedings in Nashville Shooter’s Records Case as Appeal Allowing Intervention by Covenant Parties Proceeds

The Tennessee Court of Appeals has halted the trial court proceedings in the lawsuits against the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) for denying open records requests in relation to the March 27 Covenant School shooter’s writings. The appellate court on Wednesday issued an order granting an expedited hearing for those appealing the lower court’s decision…


Who Has Seen the Covenant School Shooter’s Writings? Court Hearing and Records Give Insight

As the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) continues to withhold release of the writings of the Covenant School shooter, Audrey Hale, attorneys in court last week and in recent court filings allude to what could possibly be inside the writings left behind by her, as well as who may have viewed those documents already. In…


Covenant School, Church Allowed to Intervene in Public Records Lawsuits Seeking Shooter’s Writings

The Covenant School, and its parent organization Covenant Presbyterian Church, will be allowed to argue their interest in whether or not the school shooter’s writings will be released to the public, as Chancellor I’Aesha Myles ruled for them to become third-party interveners in the public records case on Wednesday, May 24. In her order on…


Nashville Court Demands Covenant School Shooter’s Unredacted Writings for Review

A Nashville, Tennessee court has ordered the unredacted copies of a so-called manifesto and writings of Nashville Christian school shooter Audrey Hale to be delivered to a judge beginning Friday. The court order comes in a lawsuit by groups and individuals that sued the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) for the writings after their requests…


National Police Association Joins Others in Suing for Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto

The National Police Association (NPA) has joined the groups suing the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County for all records related to the March 27 shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville. “We have asked for any manifestos, emails, and any communications related to the case,” Betsy Brantner Smith, spokesperson for the National Police…


FBI Denies Request for Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto, Writings

Despite multiple requests for the release of Nashville Christian school shooter Audrey Hale’s manifesto and writings surrounding her March 27 attack that left three 9-year-olds and three adults dead, the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation denied a request from The Epoch Times for those documents. The reason the FBI cited in a…


Audrey Hale Manifesto Being Reviewed for Public Release

The writings and so-called manifesto of the Nashville, Tennessee Christian school shooter, Audrey Hale, are being reviewed for release to the public, Metro Nashville Police Department officials told The Epoch Times on Thursday. “We are in the process of going through the writings so that they can and will be released publicly,” MNPD Public Affairs…


Florida Senator Proposes Legislation to Take $80 Billion From IRS to Fund Armed Officers at Schools

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) has introduced legislation to put full-time armed law enforcement at every K-12 school nationwide in an effort to prevent mass school shootings. The bill, known as the School Guardian Act, proposes a total of $80 billion in funding for the hirings—money previously made available to the IRS by the Democrats’ Inflation…


Tennessee Legislature Rejects Republican Governor’s Call for Red Flag Legislation

Calls by Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee for an extreme risk protection order law were dead on arrival in the Tennessee General Assembly as they attempted to wrap up the 2023 legislative session on Friday without being taken up in either chamber. The state’s GOP caucus posted on Twitter earlier this week that any call for such…