Robert Lewis Dear yells, ‘I am a warrior for the babies’ during court appearance for Colorado Planned Parenthood shooting
BY SASHA GOLDSTEIN
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Updated: Wednesday, December 9, 2015, 6:34 PM
Robert Dear Yells ‘I am a Warrior for the Babies’ in Court
NY Daily News
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Robert Lewis Dear is a terrorist — and he basically admitted to it.
The accused Colorado Planned Parenthood shooter yelled “I am a warrior for the babies” during an outburst as charges against him were read in court.
The 57-year-old alleged mass shooter will face 179 charges related to last month’s shooting at the Colorado Springs clinic that left three dead and nine wounded.
During a Wednesday court appearance, the accused mass shooter also screamed, “I am guilty, there will be no trial.”
“You'll never know what I saw in that clinic," he added. “Atrocities. The babies. That’s what they want to seal.”
PLANNED PARENTHOOD GUNMAN ASKED FOR DIRECTIONS TO CLINIC
He couldn't keep his mouth shut, according to reporters in the courtroom, where Dear argued with his attorney and made some 18 outbursts.
“You’ll never know the amount of blood I saw in that place,” he said at one point, KCNC-TV reported.
Dear's alleged attack on Nov. 27 left a police officer, a woman supporting her friend and an Iraq War veteran dead. Nine others were wounded.
When he was arrested after an hours-long standoff, Dear muttered "no more baby parts," investigators said.
The cryptic message was a likely reference to Planned Parenthood's practice of providing aborted fetal tissue for research purposes. Dear also asked a bystander for directions to the clinic immediately before he allegedly opened fire.
The gunman's attack had been motivated by anti-abortion views, Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains president Vicki Cowart said. And one of Dear's ex-wives claimed that the madman once vandalized a Planned Parenthood clinic in South Carolina two decades ago.
After the court appearance, Cowart released another statement, saying "our focus now is on recovery and making sure this never happens again."
"We continue to provide high-quality, compassionate health care in a safe, supportive environment," she wrote. "Every day since this terrible tragedy, Planned Parenthood's doors have been open across Colorado, across our Rockey Mountain region, and across this country. Our doors - and our hearts - stay open."
Dear is charged with first-degree murder, which could lead to life in prison or the death penalty. He is represented by lawyer Daniel King, a public defender who was also one of the lawyers for James Holmes, the mass shooter at the Colorado movie theater.
"Do you know who this lawyer is?" Dear yelled in court about King. "He's the lawyer for the Batman shooter. Who drugged him all up. And he wants to do that to me."
With News Wire Services
BY SASHA GOLDSTEIN
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Updated: Wednesday, December 9, 2015, 6:34 PM
Robert Dear Yells ‘I am a Warrior for the Babies’ in Court
NY Daily News
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Robert Lewis Dear is a terrorist — and he basically admitted to it.
The accused Colorado Planned Parenthood shooter yelled “I am a warrior for the babies” during an outburst as charges against him were read in court.
The 57-year-old alleged mass shooter will face 179 charges related to last month’s shooting at the Colorado Springs clinic that left three dead and nine wounded.
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Robert Lewis Dear, 57, accused of shooting three people to death and wounding nine others at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado last month, makes an outburst during his hearing to face 179 counts of various criminal charges at an El Paso County court in Colorado Springs.During a Wednesday court appearance, the accused mass shooter also screamed, “I am guilty, there will be no trial.”
“You'll never know what I saw in that clinic," he added. “Atrocities. The babies. That’s what they want to seal.”
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Mourners pay respects to victims of the Colorado Springs shootingPLANNED PARENTHOOD GUNMAN ASKED FOR DIRECTIONS TO CLINIC
He couldn't keep his mouth shut, according to reporters in the courtroom, where Dear argued with his attorney and made some 18 outbursts.
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A deputy tries to calm Robert Lewis Dear, 57, during a court appearance Wednesday.“You’ll never know the amount of blood I saw in that place,” he said at one point, KCNC-TV reported.
Dear's alleged attack on Nov. 27 left a police officer, a woman supporting her friend and an Iraq War veteran dead. Nine others were wounded.
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The Nov. 27 shooting left three dead and nine wounded.When he was arrested after an hours-long standoff, Dear muttered "no more baby parts," investigators said.
The cryptic message was a likely reference to Planned Parenthood's practice of providing aborted fetal tissue for research purposes. Dear also asked a bystander for directions to the clinic immediately before he allegedly opened fire.
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The accused killer also said "no more baby parts" after his arrest.The gunman's attack had been motivated by anti-abortion views, Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains president Vicki Cowart said. And one of Dear's ex-wives claimed that the madman once vandalized a Planned Parenthood clinic in South Carolina two decades ago.
After the court appearance, Cowart released another statement, saying "our focus now is on recovery and making sure this never happens again."
"We continue to provide high-quality, compassionate health care in a safe, supportive environment," she wrote. "Every day since this terrible tragedy, Planned Parenthood's doors have been open across Colorado, across our Rockey Mountain region, and across this country. Our doors - and our hearts - stay open."
Dear is charged with first-degree murder, which could lead to life in prison or the death penalty. He is represented by lawyer Daniel King, a public defender who was also one of the lawyers for James Holmes, the mass shooter at the Colorado movie theater.
"Do you know who this lawyer is?" Dear yelled in court about King. "He's the lawyer for the Batman shooter. Who drugged him all up. And he wants to do that to me."
With News Wire Services