Robert Lewis Dear, the man charged with murdering three people and wounding nine more at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado late last month, erupted several times during his first in-person court appearance Wednesday. Im a warrior for the babies, he yelled at one point. “Can you add that to the list?” CMP accused Planned Parenthood of “selling baby parts”, by which they meant illegally selling fetal tissue to researchers for a profit. Atrocities. That’s what I saw.
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King previously represented James Holmes, who killed 12 people inside a movie theater in Colorado in 2012 during a showing of the movie “Batman”.
“Do you know who [King] is?” Dear’s public defenders seemed to be shaken by the outbursts, especially when he accused them of trying to drug him up.
The outbursts came as prosecutors filed 179 felony charges against Dear, 57, a resident of Hartsel, Colo., including eight first-degree murder charges and 131 attempted murder charges.
Defence attorney Dan King raised the issue of Dear’s mental competency to stand trial, saying: “I think the problem is obvious”.
At one point, during a discussion between the judge and lawyers about the sealing of documents in the case, Dear spoke out again.
A woman was arrested Tuesday after allegedly calling the Denver Planned Parenthood and telling them she was tempted to “walk into a Republican Party meeting with her dead husband’s gun and just start shooting people”, according to Fountain Police.
FILE – This undated file photo provided by the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs shows officer Garrett Swasey, who was killed in a shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado S…
The Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs had protective windows, along with a safe room and closed circuit television surveillance video, common security practices adopted by the organization at facilities in recent years, another law enforcement official said.
Martinez set the next hearing for Dear for December 23.
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May told the media that it is too early to know if they will ask for the death penalty for Dear if he is convicted. When Dear wouldn’t let the judge talk near the end of the hearing, a deputy sheriff touched him on the shoulder, whispered something into his ear.
