Attorney in Hearing Over Covenant School Public Records: ‘We’re Really Dealing With a Chilling of First Amendment Rights’

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The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County Courthouse and City Hall as seen from 2nd Ave. N on March 29, 2023. Chase Smith/The Epoch Times

A Nashville judge overseeing several lawsuits brought against the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) after it denied access to the writings of the Covenant School shooter, has said the public release of appropriate information is good.

“I believe that getting the information that needs to be out is a good thing,” Chancellor I’Aesha Myles said at a nearly four-hour hearing on Monday.