{"id":2472,"date":"2023-03-31T17:11:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T22:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2472"},"modified":"2023-03-31T17:11:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T22:11:22","slug":"gop-senator-josh-hawley-calls-for-hate-crime-probes-into-nashvilles-christian-school-shooting-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2472","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senator Josh Hawley Calls For Hate Crime Probes Into Nashville\u2019s Christian School Shooting Incident\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-148.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-2473\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-148.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-148.png 1024w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-148-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-148-770x514.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-148-370x247.png 370w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-148-293x195.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-148-120x80.png 120w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-148-240x160.png 240w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-148-390x260.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Earlier this week, on Monday, The Covenant School, located in the Green Hills neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee, was forcefully raged by a shooter who killed three students and three teachers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was later discovered that the shooter was a 28-year-old trans, Audrey Hale, and a former student of the school.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, the Republican Senator from Missouri, Josh Hawley, in concern with the heartbreaking incident, demanded immediate federal investigations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Radical trans group defending the Nashville shooter. Tell the truth. This was a hate crime against Christian children &amp; teachers. There is no defending it. All activist groups should condemn this hate crime and all hate rhetoric that contributed to it <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UWJIEgdgPv\">pic.twitter.com\/UWJIEgdgPv<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HawleyMO\/status\/1640798477826367488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Senator also indicated that the shooter might have a motive behind all this, however, the police department are looking at it as a&nbsp;<em>\u201ctargeted\u201d&nbsp;<\/em>and planned attack.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hawley stated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><em>\u201cWe should be clear about what happened in Nashville. Police say the shooting was \u2018targeted.\u2019 That makes it a federal hate crime \u2013 against Christian children and teachers. Targeting victims on the basis of religious affiliation is a hate crime. It should be investigated as such.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>He concluded:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><em>\u201cAll federal resources necessary should be brought to bear. And those individuals or groups who have spread a message of hate against the Christian community \u2013 which resulted here in horrific violence \u2013 should be held to account.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All federal resources necessary should be brought to bear. And those individuals or groups who have spread a message of hate against the Christian community &#8211; which resulted here in horrific violence &#8211; should be held to account<\/p>&mdash; Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HawleyMO\/status\/1640690054581370881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once it\u2019s resolved whether the shooting was a hate crime or not, it will proceed forward for federal jurisdiction, and then the federal government might provide assistance with extra resources and support to the law enforcement agencies during the probes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This might depend on how the case is investigated or prosecuted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A report issued this Monday showed that Hale was a former student of The Covenant School.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chief of police suggested that Hale had a motive and that the shooting was a targeted attack.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The commander stated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><em>\u201cWe have a manifesto. We have some writing we\u2019re going over that pertain to this date, the actual incident. We have a map drawn out of how this all was going to take place. There\u2019s right now a theory that we may be able to talk about later, but it\u2019s not confirmed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nashville\u2019s police chief says there was a manifesto and the trans identity of the killer factors in to the motive of the targeted killings. More details forthcoming: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QIjhQf3MpY\">pic.twitter.com\/QIjhQf3MpY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1640472375304269826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/theragingpatriot.org\/gop-senator-josh-hawley-calls-for-hate-crime-probes-into-nashvilles-christian-school-shooting-incident\/\">https:\/\/theragingpatriot.org\/gop-senator-josh-hawley-calls-for-hate-crime-probes-into-nashvilles-christian-school-shooting-incident\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, on Monday, The Covenant School, located in the Green Hills neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee, was forcefully raged by a shooter who killed three students and three teachers.&nbsp; It was later discovered that the shooter was a 28-year-old trans, Audrey Hale, and a former student of the school.&nbsp; On Tuesday, the Republican Senator from Missouri, Josh Hawley, in concern with the heartbreaking incident, demanded immediate federal investigations. 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