Nashville school shooting: Senators & Congressmen demand DoJ launch hate crime investigation

In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, and Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn. said that the Department of Justice needs to open a hate crime investigation into the shooting at The Covenant School.

The pair of congressmen also called it “appalling” that one hasn’t been opened yet.

“Federal law is clear, acts of violence against individuals based on religious affiliation are hate crimes,” Gooden and Ogles wrote in the letter. “The [shooter] was a former student at Covenant school and specifically chose to terrorize this school because of their Christian faith. It is appalling that you have not yet committed to opening a hate crime investigation despite the shooter’s motive being as clear as day,” they wrote.

www.foxnews.com/politics/nashville-school-shooting-republican-congressmen-demand-ag-garland-launch-hate-crime-investigation

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