WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) – Seven people have been placed on “administrative assignment” by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) as they look into the three pages from the Covenant School shooter’s notes that were leaked.
The seven officers have been assigned to “non-punitive” tasks to “protect the integrity” of the department’s Monday probe, the MNPPD revealed to the Daily Caller on Wednesday. The MNPD launched an investigation to find out how conservative media figure Steven Crowder came to obtain the three pages of Audrey Hale’s manifesto.
“Seven individuals are on administrative assignment (absolutely non-punitive) to protect the integrity of the active, progressing investigation. All seven have full police power,” an MNPD spokesperson said in a statement obtained by the Daily Caller. “We are not identifying any of the seven by name. Not fair to them.”
During a Monday episode of his popular program “Louder with Crowder,” Crowder made the three pages public and shared pictures on his Twitter account. The first document, “DEATH DAY,” described Hale’s intention to inflate the number of deaths at the school to a “high death count,” while the second page revealed her plan to kill the students because of their “white privilege.”
Following the MNPPD not being able to immediately authenticate the leaked manifesto pages, Nashville Chief of Police John Drake did verify their authenticity late on Monday night. Drake also revealed the department’s investigation into “the person responsible” for the leak in the same statement.
Crowder stated in a video on Wednesday night that the whistleblower is not among the seven individuals suspended and that they will continue to protect the identity of the informant and keep them safe.
Comments