"Hey, watch it!"
Posted on 07/20/2012 1:45:08 PM PDT by marktwain
The reclusive drop-out PhD student behind the Dark Knight screening shooting spree said he was 'The Joker' after he carried out his horrific attack, it has been revealed.
James Holmes, 24, had painted his hair red to resemble Batman's arch nemesis before firing into the crowded theatre in Aurora, Colorado, according to New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.
'It clearly looks like a deranged individual,' Kelly said of the shooter at a news conference, CBS reported. 'He had his hair painted red. He said he was "The Joker", obviously the enemy of Batman.'
A neighbour also reported that police, who were searching Holmes's apartment for explosives, asked him if he had seen 'a white guy with crazy hair, possibly dyed unnatural colors', the Denver Post said.
It has also emerged that Holmes, who is accused of killing 12 and injuring as many as 59 in the shooting, had been studying at the University of Colorado's medical campus until June this year.
But neighbours at university housing in Denver described Holmes as a recluse who kept himself to himself. One student said: 'No one knew him. No one.'
Holmes - who had been working towards his PhD for a year before dropping out - had one song blaring from his stereo in the hours before the massacre and left the music on repeat in his booby-trapped apartment as he departed to commit the massacre.
His shocked mother confirmed that he was behind the massacre, telling reporters: 'You've got the right man.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
President Obama’s appropriate speech mentioned his daughters’ love of movies, and he asked what if they had been in that situation. The answer is important: there would have been armed secret servicemen present who would have dropped the gunman quickly, avoiding the carnage that, in fact, happened.
Hasn’t the Joker’s hair been green since he was introduced?
So is this the storyline, now, Batman and Joker, rather than the probability that he was a member of OWS?
Sounds like the shooter was just Looney Toons Insane....
Ph.D student in sciences and a silly comic book fan. Cultural infantilism on the rise!
"Hey, watch it!"
Painted his hair red to look like the Joker?
Color blind?
A perfect example of the liberal kneejerk reaction to appeal to emotion instead of to reality.
“oh! how terrible! it could have been MY daughters in there!”
And the reality of it is that some armed individuals in the theater could have put a stop to it. Though it may have been difficult, even for secret service guys, since the gunman was “armored up”.
On another thread, we learned that he studied mental illness:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2908756/posts
In my opinion, something is not (or is depending on how you look at it)- adding up.
Some "deranged" guy dressed as the joker just happens to be wearing body armor and has sophisticated booby-traps in his apartment? I don't think so. I think he just knows how to appear deranged.
The President is almost immediately called in about this, now we have the renewed cry for gun control, not to mention the "blame Bush" crowd?
I'm not buying it. The guy is a plant. He'll get off (and paid off) on an insanity defense.
I have a feeling we’ll find out this guy has never had a girlfriend nor any kind of relationship with a woman.
Isn’t it amazing how often normal, healthy relationships with the opposite sex lead to normal healthy people. Almost as though it was intended that way.
Can’t be. Some Freepers are assuring others not so wise that this movie had nothing to do it, and he just happened to show up there. Seriesly.
Yes. Just some more quality reporting.
Sounds like the perp is a CRAZY, just as in the Tucson shooting. NOT a “right-wing Tea-Party terrorist”, as some have been trying to spin both incidents!!!
Both incidents are NOT for the President to handle, but for local authorities.
May the Memory of all those who died in this incident be Eternal, and may our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ comfort their loved ones and also the survivors!!! May He send healing to those who are fighting for their lives or have been otherwise injured!
How can I say you're jumping to a conclusion when I was one who also suspected Obama may try to create such havoc as this before the election?
If he can carry out Fast & Furious he can do this.
All I can say is, you have a good point.
Barney or Britney?
/ gag hack spit.
> I’m not buying it. The guy is a plant. He’ll get off (and
> paid off) on an insanity defense
More likely if he shouted “Allahu Akbar!” while shooting people. (Did they say if he did?)
“Painted his hair Red” would be more like Bozo The Clown than the Joker.
Ricky has had previous experience mass murdering American citizens before in Waco.
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