#nashville covenant

[piniatafullofblood]

this rant is two years too late and I know no one cares anymore but it languished in my drafts until I cooled down enough to edit so I’m posting it now because conditional activism still pmo.

aiden hale is dead. He’s dead. If you think deadnaming or misgendering him is morally riqhteous, it’s not. Even if that was a reasonable way to ‘punish’ someone- because face it that’s what you’re doing- (not even gonna get into the idea of a punishment, that’s a separate post,) he’s not around to experience it. He’s dead. If you think you’re getting some kind of moral superiority revenge for six children you’ve never met, you’re not, because he’s dead. You know the people you are hurting?

other trans people. trans people who’ve made mistakes and trans people who see the leftists that are supposed to be their community offering conditional support to a mentally ill trans teenager.

real trans (or really any minority tbh) advocacy is acknowledging that we can be bad people. trans advocacy is not monolithing the entire community into your personal idea of what a trans person looks like. trans people aren’t automatically ‘morally pure’ (whatever that might mean to you) left leaning tiktok mentally ill oeople. (some of us are actually mentally ill, like aiden was.)

if you think an appropriate reaction to the aiden hale shooting is to deadname and misgender him, and you think deadnaming and misgendering someone is an appropriate punishment for you not liking that person, you’re not an ally.

[theexodvs]

I am a deacon in the PCA. What happened with Scott Sauls solidified a position I already held, that I will never vote in favor of the pastoral salary of any graduate from Covenant Theological Seminary, and that the entire leadership of both the seminary and the Nashville Presbytery should be placed under discipline.

In the aftermath of the American Civil War, there were two major bodies of Presbyterians in the US. For clarity's sake, they will be referred to as the Northern and Southern Presbyterian Churches. In the early 20th century, the Northern Presbyterian Church started slipping doctrinally and its more Biblical orthodox ministers left under the leadership of JG Machen to found the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) in 1936. This nascent denomination had its own problems, with two major factions represented. The ones that were chasing trends in American evangelicalism at the time (being teetotalist and dispensationalist) left to found the Bible Presbyterian Church (BPC) the next year. 19 years later, the BPC established Covenant Theological Seminary.

Wherever evangelical trend-chasers in northern Presbyterianism went, they somehow kept taking CTS with them, and in the late 1970s it was in the hands of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod (RPCES). In the meantime, the doctrinal issues that motivated the formation of the OPC made their way south, leading the more Biblically-oriented pastors of the Southern Presbyterian Church to found the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) in 1973. This denomination spent the first several years of its existence lacking a seminary and taking various measures to establish a presence in the northern US and in Canada. This led to entering merger talks with the OPC, the RPCES and another denomination called the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America (RPCNA), all of which had a northern and Canadian presence, and had seminaries. The PCA retracted its invitation to the OPC because it was embroiled at the time with a controversy over the doctrine of justification (see p. 97), and the RPCNA declined the invitation (see pp. 100-101), leaving only the RPCES, which was successfully absorbed into the PCA in 1982, bringing CTS with it.

The next year, a number of churches left the PCA to form the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the US (RPCUS), citing the denomination's unfriendly attitudes to postmillennial eschatology. The merger was doubtless a contributing factor, as the BPC was founded to promote premillennialism, still promoted it when establishing CTS, and there was a substantial share of premillennialists in the RPCES at the time of merger, including, most notably, Francis Schaeffer.

The merger, and the ensuing departure of postmillennialists, combined with the substantial number of former Southern Baptists in the PCA's existing membership, helped propel, for good or for ill, the PCA towards the mainstream of American evangelicalism, particularly in comparison with other Presbyterian bodies. This is why many PCA congregations have contemporary worship, Passover seders. seeker-sensitive models, are friendlier to dispensationalism and, in recent years, have become more tolerant of sexual antinomianism.

In the early 2000s, a controversy erupted over the doctrine of federal vision in the PCA. Many ministers who promoted it left or were expelled. Notably, federal visionists tend to hold to postmillennialism and hold more strictly to the regulative principle of worship, and their absence from the PCA propelled it even further towards the evangelical mainstream.

Recently, a conference taking place on PCA church grounds, using church funds, called Revoice has promoted unbiblical views of human sexuality. Steve Warhurst criticized the conference, and 181 ministers of the PCA came out of the woodwork to condemn him, including 80 graduates of CTS. In addition, another CTS graduate, Greg Johnson, used his office to further promote unbiblical views (but thankfully left the denomination). More recently, one of the men on the list, Scott Sauls, was known to have promoted a hostile work environment and promoted unbiblical views of church offices (but also thankfully left the denomination).

This leaves the denomination as effectively two in one trenchcoat, classical Presbyterians, and effectively Baptists who happen to sprinkle babies. This year's general assembly will see a number of overtures assessed that will bring the denomination either closer or further away from Big Eva. It has yet to be seen whether the departure of men like Johnson and Sauls will be enough to stem the tide towards trend chasing.

If the OPC had simply not had this controversy in the early 1980s, we wouldn't be in this mess. Thanks for nothing, Norman Shepherd!

[krisje3]

Snowflakes

Good morning from beautiful, snow covered Nashville where the temperature is 17 degrees. I looked out at the picnic table in the low dawning light, expecting to see a “light dusting,” but to my surprise there’s at least 6 inches of the white stuff and it’s still squalling. Luckily, the schools were closed for Martin Luther King Day and I’m pretty sure every other business has closed as well. I…

[mariacallous]

Subverting the federal government was on the minds of state lawmakers Thursday in an hours-long civics lesson from far-right speakers. 

As promised in the 2023 session of the Tennessee General Assembly, the idea of nullification was heard during a summer study session in Nashville. The idea is, basically, for Tennessee to be able to nullify rules from the federal government that it does not like. 

(Read our cover story — “Who’s Got the Power?” — from March to get more details on Tennessee, state sovereignty, and nullification.)

Bills to outline a nullification process in Tennessee go back to at least to 1995. A similar resolution passed in 2021 but it was specific to Covid. It condemned the federal government for mandating vaccinations, restrictions, or requirements. 

Another came last year when state Rep. Bud Hulsey (R-Kingsport) and state Sen. Janice Bowling (R-Tullahoma) filed the ”Restoring State Sovereignty Through Nullification Act.” 

In it, the legislature could decide what federal rules they wanted to follow or not. Also, if a voter scraped together 2,000 signatures, they could submit a petition for a nullification to the Speaker of the Tennessee House.  

The bill gained very little traction, if any at all. Neither bill even got enough support to place it on the calendar for a full committee hearing. The idea was slated for a summer study review in 2023. However, that study was interrupted with a special session on school safety, in the wake of the Covenant School shooting that left six dead.  

But Bulsey and Bowling’s idea did finally get that summer study review, even if it was actually in the fall of 2024. True to form on these sessions, Thursday’s hearing yielded no votes or promise of any course of action. It was purely for review. 

The session was not a town hall. State Sen. Richard Briggs (R-Knoxville), the committee chairman, said he knew the idea was “controversial” but did not allow members of the public to speak, or clap, or boo. That right to speak came only for the experts called upon by the legislature. Those selected for this duty Thursday were roundly (and soundly) conservative. 

Jeff Cobble is an attorney and member of the conservative Federalist Society. Joe Wolverton is the inaugural constitutional law scholar for the ultra-conservative John Birch Society. Mark Pulliam is an attorney and writer who, in an August blog post, prayed “… a single juror would vote for President Trump’s acquittal in the circus-like show trial …” in Manhattan. 

The hours of their testimony ranged back to the Declaration of Independence, through the 1781 Articles of Confederation, and to 1787 when the U.S. Constitution was proposed. Lots of it dove deep into definitions of the words of the constitution, like “all,” for example. 

“I’m going to take you like elementary school students through this so this is plain,” said Wolverton in a detailed section of the Constitution to elected lawmakers. “We’re going to go through it phrase by phrase.”  

As for the meat of the separation of powers (and therefore what power Tennessee really does have in nullification), Wolverton presented his ideas wrapped like a click-bait-y YouTube video. “In an hour,” he began, “I can show you how the 14th Amendment is taught wrong.”  

“State — capitalized — has a specific meaning,” he said. “It’s got to do with the sovereign. Nations today are nation states. They are sovereign. 

“I’m suggesting to you something radical, something I did not learn in [constitutional] law. The states are sovereign over the federal government. Now, take that and chew on it. That’s what this bill’s about.” 

Some spice in the meeting came late as state Sen. Jeff Yarbro (D-Nashville) began asking questions of the panel. He asked if the work of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) helping out now in East Tennessee was an example of what they were taking about.

Yes, Cobble said, “It’s usurpation, whether it’s used for good or bad,” adding that communities come together in times of tragedy, noting specifically that “the Amish, they build their own barns. They raise their owns houses.”

“You know, good things can happen without a government,” he said. “So, my answer is yes, FEMA is clearly unconstitutional.”

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

The FBI appears to have counseled the Metro Nashville Police Department against releasing the manifesto belonging to the Covenant School killer.

Officials with the FBI's Critical Incident Response Group wrote to Nashville Police Chief John Drake on May 11, 2023 — approximately six weeks after the school massacre — about the "protection of legacy tokens," referring to the writings and other documents that killers leave behind...

[darkmaga-returns]

The Nashville Police Department’s report on the investigation into the Covenant School shooting has downplayed the far-left shooter’s radical views on religion and gender.

The report concluded that while the shooter, Audrey Hale, had radical beliefs, her primary motive was a desire for notoriety.

Released over two years after the March 2023 attack, the report claims that the shooter’s choice of the Christian school as a target was driven by her pursuit of fame.

Police argue that the school was not targeted because of her animosity towards Christianity or privileged groups.

The tragic event resulted in the deaths of six individuals, including three children and three adults.

The 28-year-old attacker was found to have harbored radical thoughts concerning gender identity and white privilege.

However, police determined these beliefs did not influence Hale’s choice of venue.

Instead, investigators insist that she aimed to garner attention by selecting a school likely to shock the public due to the young age of the victims.

The victims of this shooting included children Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney and adults Michael Hill, Katherine Koonce, and Cynthia Peak.

[truth-has-a-liberal-bias]

The murder of six people at a church school in an affluent, largely white enclave of Tennessee’s largest city one year ago sparked a mass protest movement for gun control by Nashville parents. The Republican-dominated legislature met that movement with some spending on school police officers as a gesture to the outrage, a law shielding gun and ammunition manufacturers from liability as a gesture to Tennessee’s powerful gun lobby and the expulsion of the two Black lawmakers as a gesture of warning to people causing too much trouble.

Other antidemocratic displays over the last year would be just as outrageous, if people outside of Tennessee were still paying attention.

The temporary expulsion of Representatives Justin Pearson and Justin Jones was only the first cautionary tale in a saga of retribution that has continued apace, activists say.

Conservative domination – maintained by gerrymandered districts, disenfranchised voters and an increasing sense of political despair – insulates Tennessee Republicans from political consequences for unpopular decisions.

Challenged in public by increasing activism on the left and apocalyptic rhetoric on the right, Tennessee Republicans stopped just chipping away at democratic norms and began hammering full-on like coalminers on Rocky Top. [...]

[coochiequeens]

This guy was destroying the home he shared with his sister, planning to shoot up schools and was trying to build a bomb. But sure therapy before transitioning is delaying healthcare.

By Genevieve Gluck December 1, 2023

A trans-identified male has pleaded guilty to Second-Degree Assault for threatening to target three schools in Colorado Springs, Colorado. William Whitworth, 19, accepted an arrangement and entered a plea of “guilty” to a class 4 felony offense on November 6.

Whitworth was arrested on March 31 on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder after a concerned family member called the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office. At the time, he admitted to planning to commit shootings at local schools and deputies dispatched to Whitworth’s residence discovered a labeled floor plan of a school. Whitworth was born male but uses “she/her” pronouns and refers to himself as “Lilly” or “Lily.”

Police were sent to Whitworth’s address after his sister called and claimed that he was punching holes in the wall and had made references to school shootings. According to the affidavit, Whitworth’s sister used “she/her” pronouns to refer to her brother. Police also referred to Whitworth using feminine pronouns in their affidavit, though recorded his sex as “male.”

When police arrived, they found Whitworth drunk in his room, which was littered with filth. The house was in extreme disrepair, and deputies noted that “there was trash piled up all around the house to where it made it hard to walk inside.”

During a search of the premises, authorities discovered a “manifesto” which included the names of several school shooters, as well as additional drawings and floor plans of schools. There were also photos describing a make-shift bomb and detonation device. While speaking to police, Whitworth stated he had gone onto YouTube to learn how to make a detonator for a bomb.

Contained within Whitworth’s notebook was also a list of firearms with 3D printing instructions, and a list of political personalities, including commentator Lauren Southern, with comments.

According to records, there were three schools Whitworth had intended to target, including Timberview Middle School, Prairie Hills Elementary, and Pine Creek High School. While Whitworth confirmed that Timberview was the main target, he also stated he had a desire to attack churches as well.

Initially Whitworth was booked and held on a $75,000 bond. But, while in jail, Whitworth reportedly told a prison official that he still wanted to carry out his plans if bonded out. As a result, his bond was increased to $750,000 in order to make it more difficult for him to leave pretrial detention.

In the press release detailing the plea agreement from the Office of the 18th Judicial District Attorney, Whitworth was referred to by “they/them” pronouns.

Whitworth faces a maximum prison term of 16 years. Sentencing is scheduled for January 19, 2024. His case is part of a worrying trend that has seen an escalation in threats of violence, or actual violence, carried out in US school systems this year.

In November, a trans-identified male was indicted on 14 felony counts following sinister threats to commit a school shooting and murder children “on behalf” of the transgender community. Alexia Willie, born Jason Lee Willie, also promised to rape young girls in public restrooms in retaliation for transphobia.

Court records reveal that Willie threatened to rape young girls in bathroom facilities, in addition to stating his intention to carry out a copy-cat killing of a horrific March shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. During that incident, a trans-identified female left 6 dead, 3 of whom were children aged 9, in an act of brutality that left the nation stunned.

[beardedmrbean]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The writings of the person who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville last year cannot be released to the public, a judge ruled Thursday.

Chancery Court Judge I’Ashea Myles found that The Covenant School children and parents hold the copyright to any writings or other works created by shooter Audrey Hale, a former student who was killed by police. As part of the effort to keep the records closed, Hale’s parents transferred ownership of Hale’s property to the victims’ families, who then argued in court that they should be allowed to determine who has access to them.

Myles agreed, ruling that “the original writings, journals, art, photos and videos created by Hale” are subject to an exception to the Tennessee Public Records Act created by the federal Copyright Act.

The ruling comes more than a year after several groups filed public records requests for documents seized by Metro Nashville Police during their investigation into the March 2023 shooting. Those killed were Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney, all 9 years old, and adults Cynthia Peak, 61; Katherine Koonce, 60; and Mike Hill, 61.

Part of the interest in the records stems from the fact that Hale, who police say was “assigned female at birth,” may have identified as a transgender man, and some pundits have floated the theory that the journals will reveal a planned hate crime against Christians.

The victims’ families released statements about the ruling on Friday. Cindy Peak’s family wrote, “The last year and a half without Cindy has been difficult. But today brings a measure of relief in our family. Denying the shooter some of the notoriety she sought by releasing her vile and unfiltered thoughts on the world is a result everyone should be thankful for.”

The shooter left behind at least 20 journals, a suicide note and a memoir, according to court filings. When the records requests were denied, several parties sued, and the situation quickly ballooned into a messy mix of conspiracy theories, leaked documents, probate battles and accusations of ethical misconduct. Myles’ order will almost surely be appealed.

After the initial records requests last year, police said they would eventually release the documents but could not do so right away because their investigation was still open. The groups suing for the immediate release of the records — including news outlets, a gun rights group, a law enforcement nonprofit and Tennessee state Sen. Todd Gardenhire — argued that there was no meaningful criminal investigation underway since Hale, who police say acted alone, was dead.

Meanwhile, a group of Covenant parents was allowed to intervene in the case and argue that the records should never become public. They said the release would be traumatic for the families and could inspire copycat attacks.

Myles found that the copycat risk was real and “of grave concern.”

“Hale used the writings of other perpetrators in similar crimes to guide how this plan was constructed and accomplished, mimicking some not only in their methodology, but also choice of weapons and targets,” Myles wrote. “Hale even held past perpetrators out as heroes in their attacks, idolizing them.”

Also intervening in the case were The Covenant School and the Covenant Presbyterian Church, which shares a building. They argued the records should remain closed because their release could threaten their security.

The Associated Press is among the groups that requested the records but did not participate in the lawsuit.

As the court case has dragged on, pages from one journal were leaked to a conservative commentator who posted them to social media in November. More recently, The Tennessee Star published dozens of stories based on allegedly 80 pages of Hale’s writings provided by an unnamed source. The publication is among the plaintiffs, and Myles briefly threatened to hold the paper’s editor-in-chief, Michael Leahy, and owner, Star News Digital Media, in contempt.

Although Myles’ ruling will shield many of the documents created by Hale from public release, other documents in the police file can be released once the case is officially closed as long as they fall under Tennessee’s open records law.

An attorney for the lead plaintiff in the case did not immediately have a reaction to the ruling.

[bighermie]

Nashville Covenant School Trans Shooter’s Manifesto Leaked: Transgender Killer Audrey Hale Wrote About Her 'Imaginary Penis' and How She Would 'Kill' to Get Puberty Blockers | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft

[follow-up-news]

The shooter behind the 2023 Nashville elementary school attack that killed six people, including three children, had been obsessively planning it for years while hiding mental health issues from family and doctors, a police report released Wednesday reveals. The nearly 50-page investigative case summary includes long-sought-after details of The Covenant School shooting and underscores the elaborate lengths the shooter took to research and plan a massacre at the Christian institution without provoking interference from mental health providers. The prospect of releasing the shooter’s writings sparked a legal battle. Some of the documents have been leaked, and while Wednesday’s report closes the Nashville Police probe into the March 2023 shooting, the fight over what else should be released — concerning that attack and others — is ongoing. Early in the investigation, police suggested the shooter had written a “manifesto” detailing motives and intentions. Instead, the 28-year-old shooter, Audrey Hale, left behind “a series of notebooks, art composition books, and media files ″ documenting plans and preparation for the attack, as well as life events and other motivations, police determined. Hale, who once attended Covenant, was killed by police.

[dertaglichedan]

Journalist threatened with jail over publishing trans shooter Audrey Hale's deranged journal writings

A journalist from the Tennessee Star is being summoned to appear in court and faces jail time for publishing journal writings of transgender shooter Audrey Hale, sparking freedom of the press concerns.

The article revealed that Hale, who shot and killed six people at the Covenant Elementary school in March 2023, wrote about her 'imaginary penis' and how she would 'kill' to get puberty blockers weeks before her horrific act.

For more than a year, Nashville Chancellor I’Ashea Myles has been presiding over a public records case wherein the plaintiffs are suing to get the right to release documents related to the shooting. Families of the victims are on the exact opposite side, trying to bury the documents and keep them out of the public eye.

But since the case in ongoing, Myles is claiming that the Tennessee Star may have published 'certain purported documents and information' that should have remained under seal. 

At Myle's request, Tennessee Star editor-in-chief Michael Patrick Leahy will appear in court Monday to explain why his news outlet didn't violate the court order.

[krisje3]

"Enragement Algorithms”

Good Morning friends! A cardinal is chirping outside my window, the lilacs are blooming and parents are walking their children to school. The Bride just called and we’ll be heading out to a garden center soon on this sunny spring day. But the biggest news is that the plaster cast came off my right hand and I’ll be wearing a removable splint for awhile. Actually the biggest news is that a number…

[justbeingnamaste]

More than 14 months after a trans psychopath stormed into Nashville’s Covenant School and gunned down three 9-year-olds and three staff members, the police department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation refuse to publicly release the killer’s “manifesto.” A newly obtained FBI memo to Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake suggests what many have long suspected: President Joe Biden’s identity politics-steeped Department of Justice is leading a cover-up of the deadliest transgender-directed shootings in U.S. history.

[writers-against-gun-violence]

Thousands form a human chain in Tennessee to mark school shooting anniversary.

On March 27, 2024, advocates for gun safety gathered to form a human chain in Tennessee to mark one year after an elementary school shooting that left six dead, including three children. Thousands linked arms on Wednesday from the Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University to the Tennessee State Capitol, calling for gun law reform on the anniversary of the Covenant School shooting in Nashville. It’s time to end gun violence. Vote for representatives who will vote to support gun safety.

[coochiequeens]

A 47 year old man is unhappy and deals with it by threatening children. Then claims to be the real victim because of "transphobia". No sir you're just a regular violent man.

By Anna Slatz. October 16, 2023

Reduxx has learned that a trans-identified male was arrested in Perry County, Illinois, after making threats to commit a school shooting and murder children on behalf of the transgender community in response to transphobic “bullying.”

On August 14, the Springfield-area FBI intercepted a live-stream on social media they deemed “suspicious.” In the video, an individual was seen making a number of disturbing threats towards schools and local children, specifically indicating there were plots in-progress to commit a school shooting, though no single institution was named.

Using the IP address associated with the stream, the FBI was able to identify the individual making the threats as 47-year-old Jason L. Willie, also known as Alexia Willie. An address in northern Perry County was quickly traced, and local law enforcement was notified at approximately 8:00 pm.

Speaking to Reduxx, Perry County Sheriff Chad Howard explained that nearby Washington County police were initially notified due to a confusion in the address, but that officers acted quickly and liaised with his team. Both Washington County Police and Perry County Police descended on Willie’s residence that same night with a warrant for his arrest.

Booking photo for Jason “Alexia” Willie.

Willie’s male partner was at the home, and cooperated fully with police in providing information necessary for the arrest to occur. He asserted that there were no weapons in the home.

But while Sheriff Howard was reading Willie the Miranda warning, he says the suspect began “acting up” and actively resisting arrest. Willie’s behavior became so unmanageable that he had to be tased by a Washington County officer in order to secure his compliance in the police vehicle.

Because Willie was arrested approximately 12 hours prior to schools opening, no classes were cancelled. But Sheriff Howard explains that he and other officers were on site at the local schools in their jurisdiction the next day as a precautionary measure.

Among the threats Willie made included “we’re going to shoot your kids” and “the FBI can’t stop us,” leading to initial confusion about how many individuals were involved.

“At the time, we didn’t know if there was more than one person involved in this because Willie was speaking in plural — he was saying ‘us, we.'”

Sheriff Howard explains that he later learned that Willie was making a collective threat on behalf of the transgender community.

“At the time, we were under the impression that, possibly, there was more than one person involved. As it turns out, he was speaking about the transgender community,” Sheriff Howard says.

“He made the comment in a [police] interview when asked about what he meant by ‘we’ and ‘us.’ He said he was specifically tired of being made fun of and bullied for being transgender. So when he was saying ‘we’ and ‘us’ he was representing the transgender community as a whole.”

Disturbingly, Willie made multiple references to the horrific March shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. During that incident, a trans-identified female left 6 dead, 3 of whom were children aged 9, in an act of brutality that left the nation stunned.

“In the interview, he used ammunition from the Tennessee shooting. I didn’t even bring it up. Willie mentioned that the transgender individual in Tennessee was tired of being made fun of, and he used that as a reason why he was speaking on behalf of the transgender community.”

Willie was released on $0 bond approximately 48 hours after being booked, and while he was initially charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, Sheriff Howard says the charges related to the threats were dropped due to a lack of specific target.

“Because there was no one individual person or individual school directly threatened, the disorderly conduct did not stick. It was not capable of being filed.”

Shortly after Willie was released into the community on bond, the FBI contacted Perry County police once again, reporting that Willie was making similar comments on social media.

Sheriff Howard and a deputy attended the residence as law enforcement support for the FBI agents who arrived to question Willie on the comments.

“The FBI contacted me and showed up with a team of investigators. We secured the property while the FBI took Willie in for questioning right there on the scene in their van. They did not have enough to place Willie under arrest,” Sheriff Howard says.

According to Perry County court records, Willie has not yet entered a plea on his charge of resisting arrest, but Sheriff Howard explains that even if he is found guilty he will likely walk away with a fine.

“It’s more or less going to end up going to be a hearing. Now with the state of Illinois having the SAFE-T Act, which went into effect on September 18, those types of crimes are no longer containable. You just bring [a suspect] in for booking, processing, and biometrics and then you release them with a court date and it is all handled by the courts from there on out.”

Willie’s next hearing is scheduled for January 2, 2024.