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Two thirds of US voters say they want Nashville police to release the manifesto of school shooter — a sign of growing frustration with the investigation into the deadly attack two weeks ago.
realtor.comAmericans by wide margins want to see the screed, which many believe will reveal an agenda of violent trans extremism, and equal numbers are concerned that Hale's attack will inspire more copycat strikes on private christian schools in florida (https://www.getyourpros.com/united-states/spring-hill/schools/spring-hill-christian-academy/37174/tn) schools, pollsters found.
The Rasmussen Reports survey heaps pressure on Nashville cops to release Hale's writings, even as officials backtrack on claims she left behind a manifesto, and say her texts are just 'journal-type rantings.'
Walter Hudson, a state representative, became the latest politician to seek the documents' release, saying they may explain Hale's killing spree at The Covenant School on the morning of March 27.
'We should absolutely know what motivated someone to shoot and kill six people, including three nine-year-old children,' Hudson tweeted this week.
Americans by wide margins want to see the screed and are concerned that Hale's attack will inspire more copycat strikes on Christian schools
David Rausch, director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, says Hale's writings are deranged 'rantings' and do not amount to a 'manifesto'
Caitlyn Jenner, Vernon Jones, former Trump White House adviser Sebastian Gorka, and other conservatives have urged the Metro Nashville Police Department and the FBI to release the writings.
'Why is the FBI keeping the transgender Nashville mass-murderer's manifesto hidden?' Gorka posted on Monday.
Hale was shot and killed by police at the school within minutes of the start of the attack.
Officers have since retrieved a 'manifesto', hand-drawn maps, a suicide note, 20 journals, laptops, phones, and several writings, from her home and the Honda Fit she left in the school parking lot.
They have been shared with the FBI's behavioral analysis unit in Quantico, Virginia, and detail Hale's 'planning over a period of months to commit mass murder' at the school, police said in a statement.
A police spokeswoman on Tuesday told DailyMail.com the manifesto was still being studied in an 'active investigation' and that she did not 'have a date, if, when, or how we'd release it at this point.'
In a television interview, David Rausch, director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, said he had studied Hale's writings and that it was 'mischaracterization' to call them a 'manifesto.'
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They feature none of the 'ideological expressions' found in other mass killers' screeds, he said, such as the 35,000-word essay about the collapse of industrial society by 'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski in 1995.
'One is specifically a plan, and the other is some journal-type rantings,' Rausch said.
'It's really unfortunate mental health issues you can see as you read through the journals.'
Experts in manifestos have also told DailyMail.com that Hale's writings more likely relate to her emotional difficulties than the blueprint for violent transgender extremism that some have been expecting.
During the attack, Hale fired 152 rounds from two assault rifles and a handgun, murdering three adults and three nine-year-old children
Caitlyn Jenner (left), a transgender conservative former athlete, and Vernon Jones, a veteran Georgia Republican politician, are among the pundits and politicians who want Hale's manifesto to be released
A police warrant describes the writings and items that were seized during a raid on Hale's home
Reporters have revealed that Hale's conservative, Christian parents could not accept she was gay or trans, which may amount to personal motivations for the attack. She was also grieving the recent death of a friend in a vehicle accident.
Hale was born female but used the names Audrey and Aiden, together with he/him pronouns. There is a debate over how to correctly refer to her in media reports. She's been described as having 'high-functioning autism.'
For some, Hale's decision to target the Christian elementary school she once attended, together with her changing gender identify, suggest the attack was a manifestation of violent transgender activism.
Members of America's roughly 1.6-million strong trans community often complain of discrimination, abuse, and even of being victims of 'genocide' at the hands of a straight, or 'cisgender,' majority.
Jason Silva, an expert on manifestos from William Paterson University's Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, said Hale's 'manifesto' could more likely reflect her grievances, inner turmoil and relationship woes.
'The purpose of a manifesto is to spread one's beliefs to the public,' Silva told DailyMail.com.
Hale 'did not spread the manifesto online. Which leaves me, as a mass shooting researcher, wondering: Is it an example of what we traditionally conceive of as a manifesto?'
Another trans person, William Whitworth, 19, who goes by the name Lilly and is referred to with female pronouns in arrest documents, is in police custody over a plan to attack schools and churches in Colorado
US voters blame the nation's spate of mass shootings on mental health problems, the widespread availability of firearms, and social media
Nashville police would be loath to reward Hale with 'a platform and attention' by releasing the documents, as it would stoke the 'fame-seeking' drive that fuels others to commit mass murders, added Silva.
'They may choose not to release it because they do not want other potential mass shooters to glorify and idealize this shooter, and copy their actions and behaviors,' he said.
During the attack, Hale fired 152 rounds from two assault rifles and a handgun, murdering Hallie Scruggs, William Kinney, Evelyn Dieckhaus, all nine, and headmistress Dr. Katherine Koonce, 60, substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, 61, and chef Mike Hill, 61.
Hale has since been surpassed by another American mass shooter.
Connor Sturgeon, 23, a bank employee armed with a rifle shot dead five colleagues and wounded nine other people at his workplace in Louisville on Monday while livestreaming the attack on social media
Another young transgender person — William Whitworth, 19, who goes by the name Lilly — is in police custody, after officers recovered a manifesto detailing her plan to attack three schools and churches in Colorado.
The Rasmussen Reports survey of nearly 1,000 Americans, carried out between March 30 and April 3 after Hale's attack, found that respondents blame the nation's spate of mass shootings on a range of reasons.
Some 42 percent say killers are driven by mental health problems, while 29 percent attribute attacks to the widespread availability of firearms. Others causes include social media (11 percent), school problems (7 percent), and family issues (6 percent).
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