Journalist Glenn Greenwald announced he is in discussions with various law firms about suing the FBI and the Nashville Police Department for access to the manifesto of Audrey Hale, the transgender shooter who killed six people at The Covenant School last month, including three children.
Nashville police chief John Drake confirmed that Hale identified “as transgender” shortly after the rampage and told reporters she left behind maps of the school and a “manifesto” indicating there may have been other targets.
Greenwald said in a social media post that he had been in discussions with two law firms in the city about putting them on retainer, only to see them back out for mysterious reasons.
“We’ve spoken with 2 major law firms in Nashville who said they’d send retainer letters to represent us suing FBI and the Nashville PD to obtain the manifesto of the Nashville shooter, only to back out at the last second,” he tweeted.
“The political pressures are intense,” Greenwald surmised. “We should see it.”
We’ve spoken with 2 major law firms in Nashville who said they’d send retainer letters to represent us suing FBI and the Nashville PD to obtain the manifesto of the Nashville shooter, only to back out at the last second.
The political pressures are intense. We should see it.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 17, 2023
Greenwald Suing For Nashville Trans Shooter Manifesto – Why Does He Have To?
The most glaring question that arises from Greenwald’s tweet is, ‘Why is there political pressure to keep the Nashville trans shooter manifesto under wraps?’
This doesn’t happen in other cases.
Readers will recall that details about the Buffalo shooter’s manifesto were in the media almost immediately, warning of the dangers of racist white men.
But the FBI and the Nashville PD have managed to keep this one under wraps and a seemingly uncurious legacy media is doing very little to expose what could provide insight into the motive behind the shooter’s deadly rampage.
Why? What makes this shooter different from others? What makes these victims different? The answers to that are rather obvious to the skeptical.
In case the media establishment needs a refresh course on how real journalism is supposed to look, @ggreenwald is still trying to obtain the manifesto of the Nashville shooter. #trans https://t.co/vd6opv301c
— Ethan Sommer, The Sommer Sound Off (@SommerSoundOff) April 17, 2023
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Tucker Carlson: They’re Hiding It On Purpose
Fox News host Tucker Carlson argued weeks ago that the manifesto written by the Nashville elementary shooter would remain hidden by authorities and the media for very specific reasons – to ensure the narrative remains on the guns and how they need to be controlled.
Not mental health or extreme left-wing ideologies. It’s the guns that are the problem.
“Well, that’s interesting,” Carlson said. “Within what seemed like minutes, we saw pictures of the rifles and the pistol. We now have horrifying body cam footage from within the school.”
“But somehow we can’t see the manifesto in which the killer explains why she killed.”
Carlson argued that the main reason authorities and the media want the manifesto under wraps is that they don’t want a narrative to emerge that Christians are being targeted.
“It’s not accidental. You know exactly why it is – because it would make the obvious undeniable,” added Carlson. “The trans movement is targeting Christians, including with violence.”
Tonight on @SystemUpdate_, live at 7pm ET:
Why have we not seen the the Nashville shooter’s manifesto when news outlets often hype them? We’ll detail our strangely futile efforts to obtain it.
Plus: US anger toward Lula on Ukraine and the dollar:https://t.co/6cTVSWXQ3f
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 17, 2023
Let’s hope Greenwald is able to make some headway with his lawsuit to attain the manifesto. It’s good to know there are still some journalists out there actively seeking the truth.
It would be of further interest for the media to start digging into these law firms that backed out of the lawsuit. Who is intimidating them into silence?
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