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Ever since it was discovered that the Tennessee school shooter had left a manifesto, two things have been true:
- The media has tried to get it to spread to the people
- There’s been an all our defense for it to never be released.
The latest? That the manifesto is copyright, and belongs to the holders of the shooter’s estate:
The legal battle is centered around the release of a manifesto written by transgender shooter Audrey Elizabeth Hale, who committed a school shooting massacre at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennesee, in March 2023. After she was shot dead by police on the scene, Hale’s parents transferred her estate to the family members of the six murder victims. Now, the victim’s families have interjected into a public records lawsuit against the city and its police department in an effort to block the public release of the document. The families argue that the manifesto is copyrighted and owned as part of Hale’s estate.
Hale, a 28-year-old transgender artist who called herself Aiden, carried out the attack on March 27, 2023, at Covenant Christian Elementary, resulting in the deaths of six victims, plus her own fatality. Hale’s victims were identified as Mike Hill (61), Cynthia Peak (61), Katherine Koonce (60), along with three 9-year-olds, Hallie Scruggs, Evelyn Dieckhaus, and William Kinney.
Lawsuit Hearing: Victims’ Families Seek to Block Release of Transgender Shooter Audrey Hale’s Manifesto
Why is it that they are going to such lengths to hide the contents of this manifesto? The only thing that I can think of is that there is slander and gossip in there about the victims such that it would cause more damage to them if it were released than if it is kept quiet. If that’s the case, maybe it is better if it doesn’t come out, or comes out in some redacted form.
