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James Holmes Spitting At Correction Officers, Forcing Use of Spit Guard
abc News ^ | July 24, 2012 | RUSSELL GOLDMAN

Posted on 07/25/2012 5:29:38 AM PDT by KyGeezer

Accused movie theater gunman James Holmes is spitting at jail officers so frequently that at one point he was made to wear a face guard, sources told ABC News.

Holmes' odd behavior was first seen by the public when he appeared in court Monday looking dazed, alternately bug-eyed and nodding with his eyes closing.

But ABC News has learned that his loopy court appearance was just one of several bizarre behaviors.

In the hours after his arrest Friday for the massacre at the Aurora, Colo., movie theater, Holmes stared at the wall in the Arapahoe Police Headquarters with his eyebrows twitching.

Holmes told police he was the fictitious Batman villain, the Joker, and when cops put evidence bags over his hands to preserve traces of gunpowder residue, he pretended the bags were puppets, law enforcement sources told ABC News affiliate KMGH-TV in Denver.

Since being held in the Arapahoe County Jail, Holmes has been spitting at the officers so much, they are forced to use a spit guard on Holmes when they have to move him.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: aurora; holmes; inmates; jamesholmes
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Back in my day spitting on jail staff would put you in the hospital.
1 posted on 07/25/2012 5:29:46 AM PDT by KyGeezer
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He’s just trying to act crazy so he’ll get lenient treatment.


2 posted on 07/25/2012 5:31:50 AM PDT by refermech
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To: KyGeezer

If ABC is reporting this, it must be true. Or not...


3 posted on 07/25/2012 5:34:08 AM PDT by tips up (Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.)
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4 posted on 07/25/2012 5:34:26 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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They need to stick this guy in a room with some thugs doing hard time, and have the entire staff take a long lunch.


5 posted on 07/25/2012 5:35:11 AM PDT by ilgipper ( November cannot come soon enough)
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Let him spit all he wants, just don’t replenish his fluids. If dehydration is good enough for Terri Schiavo, it’s good enough for this sh!tball.


6 posted on 07/25/2012 5:37:12 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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He’s just trying to act crazy so he’ll get lenient treatment.

Probably so. In fact, his whole set-up looks a bit too organized for a crazy person. I'm betting he's a disaffected type with an axe to grind against society who in the end didn't have the co-jones to off himself.

7 posted on 07/25/2012 5:38:16 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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When I was covering the police beat, spitters were said to have “fallen up the stairs.”


8 posted on 07/25/2012 5:38:24 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (I didn't post this. Someone else did.)
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9 posted on 07/25/2012 5:42:32 AM PDT by Casie
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Anyone can fake being mentally ill...it just depends on if they can maintain the behavior or not. This creep needs to be found guilty and sentenced. Then, the LIBs can give him mental health “treatment” until her is “cured” at which time he should be brought to justice. This guy must havbe read about the ploy of the guy in Sweden who killed all those people and then was found mentally ill.


10 posted on 07/25/2012 5:45:23 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: KyGeezer

A nice fist sandwich with fat lips afterglow could make it rather uncomfortable to spit.
The Joker spits? Who knew? This punk is in dire need of a therapeutic whoop ash.


12 posted on 07/25/2012 5:51:55 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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2+2. This POS is toying with them to build an insanity defense. These are all acts. He’s had this plotted out for months and knew he’d get a chance to go head to head with court appointed psychiatrists and try to fool them. I wouldn’t believe any of this garbage for a minute.


13 posted on 07/25/2012 5:55:17 AM PDT by Doc Savage ("I've shot people I like a lot more,...for a lot less!" Raylan Givins)
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From what I heard about his academics, this guy is a natural-born brain expert that lost his way on Rx drugs. The reported 100mg of Vicodin he took before DRIVING implies a very high tolerance. In some individuals, these opiates can actually cause mania and psychosis.

His knowledge means he's going to look as crazy as he wants to be and will probably have his lawyers blame it on big pharma. They have a track record of encouraging addiction and often give under-the-table incentives to encourage doctors.

Opiate addiction often starts with unnecessary prescriptions written for the above reasons. I've seen these legal heroins prescribed for things like mole and wisdom teeth removals. Often ruining very good people as they surrender to the pills and send all their remaining assets to big pharma. They are the true cartels. Since 2008, addiction and injury rates from Rx opiates alone have exceeded that of ALL illegal drugs combined!

I also think we might see something resembling “Clockwork Orange”. This guy would be made into the victim, get treated for the addiction, get a huge settlement from big pharma and walk the streets laughing someday.

14 posted on 07/25/2012 5:57:48 AM PDT by varyouga
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Yup.

Seems it would be hard to spit with a broken jaw.


15 posted on 07/25/2012 5:59:51 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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Typcial “occupy” behaviour. He’s likely one of them.


16 posted on 07/25/2012 6:09:08 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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But Randazzo also said there was a third possibility. He might simply be faking it.
17 posted on 07/25/2012 6:14:38 AM PDT by skeeter
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Do we believe ABC News about *anything* anymore?

Just wondering.


18 posted on 07/25/2012 6:15:13 AM PDT by iceskater (The clock is ticking....November's coming.)
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Zip tie his hands behind his back and then pull his shirt up over his head. Problem solved.


19 posted on 07/25/2012 6:15:13 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Liberalism: Carrying adolescent values and behavior into adult life.)
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Yup! A good old fashioned wood shampoo would set his mind straight and tone down his behavior.


20 posted on 07/25/2012 6:21:35 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (GHWB gave us Souter. W gave us Roberts. Can we risk Jeb in the White House?)
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