Right before midnight on Thursday, July 4th, a Nashville judge named I’Ashea Myles ruled that the Covenant School shooter’s manifesto cannot be released to the public. Her ruling is 60 pages of repetitive language and nonsensical misapprehension of law and fact. She denied the release of the murderer’s manifesto on the basis of the canard of an “ongoing” criminal investigation and a new theory — the writings seized as evidence from the murderer are protected from disclosure because the entire collection is copyrighted.
All those claims are nonsense.
The first claim is complete claptrap. The Covenant School mass shooting took place in March 2023, 15 months ago. There is no evidence of a conspiracy. There is no evidence that the murderer had help in any form or fashion. There is no “ticking timebomb.” She acted alone. In 15 months, not a shred of evidence has been…
