The Aurora Police refuse to make public any statements the shooter has made...

[OneAngryDemocrat]

And that tells me that either the shooter isn't speaking (which I doubt), or that they want to avoid widespread panic because the motive WAS POLITICAL.

[Ptah]

1. Or they don't want to screw up the case.

[gregoire]

2. Considering he just decided to not be a doctor...

it sounds like this is related to the recent health care ruling. We need to show that this is the type of person that does not support universal coverage. That story has legs.

[virgogal]

5. That's a rather big assumption. Let's be patient and wait and see what comes out.

[Tejas]

28. I see what you did there.

[RedStateLiberal]

7. Speculation like that is ridiculous. (nt)

[2ndAmForComputers]

31. No, it's not. It's just speculation. And not really THAT much far-fetched. Unlikely, maybe.

[Brickbat]

8. You need a new song.

The one you're playing has only one note.

[BOG PERSON]

32. n/t

[likesmountains 52]

13. Oh, please. Let's give it a few days before we go nuts with crazy theories.

[seabeyond]

16. i understand he was flunking out. that would not be him deciding not to be a doctor

but failing to be able to be a doctor.

what would that have to do with health care. that is a ridiculous, connect the dot

[arcane1]

22. Wow

Just wow. Just when I think I've read the most stupid thing on the internet today, there's always something stupider.

[BeyondGeography]

23. Au revoir, gregoire

[zappaman]

24. Congrats! You win dumbest post of the day!

And you are easily in the top 3 for the year!
Outstanding!

[obamanut2012]

27. Give me a break

[hlthe2b]

29. Apparently he was training to be a neurobiologist (PhD) researcher type... The program was at

the med school, but he was not enrolled in a clinical medical degree program.

So, your thesis, fails there...

[kestrel91316]

34. He was getting his PhD in neuroscience. Are you aware that that does not equal

going to medical school??

[JBoy]

35. LOL.

[kdmorris]

36. I think it's much more important to have respect

for the families and people in the community who are hurting than to turn this into "a story with legs". That's just reprehensible.

[formercia]

3. There is no such thing as Right-Wing Terrorism

Now, if it was the Left...that's fair game.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

15. Either CNN or MSNBC had a "expert"

on early this a.m. before the shooter profile was available. He repeatedly talked about shooters who were motivated by radical groups and repeatedly mentioned anarchists specifically, carefully not mentioning any RW aligned groups who could provoke such a shooting.

[formercia]

17. Setting the narrative.

The Right are expert at getting ahead of the narrative and turning it to suit their agendas.

[Liberal In Texas]

4. If they don't release his statements pretty soon...

...somebody working in the police dept. will leak it. I'm sure too many people know what this nutcase has said for it to be kept secret for very long.

[mike_c]

6. oh for pete's sake....

A bit early for this sort of thing, don't you think? They have a suspect in custody. He is undoubtedly the guilty person. The cops have zero reason to disclose anything at this point and every reason to not disclose. The DA is building a case. A jury will be convened from among the community at some point in the future. Every piece of information they release potentially prejudices the case. This is standard LE practice.

[NCTraveler]

9. I like either or's. Simplifies things down.

Black and white. I can't think of any other possibilities. This just happened and he is being interrogated. Why don't I know what is being said???

[cali]

10. oh for the love of reason.

your posts are becoming increasingly pathetic and devoid of any reason or critical thinking.

PATHETIC.

[Lurks Often]

11. Or a more simple and logical answer is that

after watching the media handle the Zimmerman/Martin shooting, they decided to be responsible and not release information that will make the case harder to prosecute and contribute to the media feeding frenzy.

[beveeheart]

26. We can only hope that some agencies learned

how important it is to react responsibly in tragic situations such as this one. Kudos to
Aurora for not answering some of those questions.

[Ruby the Liberal]

12. Don't read too much into this.

IIRC, they didn't release anything from Loughner in Tucson.

[MadHound]

14. Let's see, fifty dead or wounded, an apartment packed with explosives,

Crime scenes to investigate, people to interview, and all of the million of other things big or small that are part of a big breaking case like this and you're pissed because that haven't sated your need to glom onto this case so now your paranoia is kicking in.

Turn off the TV, intertubes and radio, go out, take a deep breath, enjoy the weather, pet a puppy. You're becoming far too involved in this.

[librechik]

18. he's not cooperating, which means he isn't talking

it's a waiting game--he needs a lawyer, then the lawyer will speak for him.

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. Or the DA told them not to

In order to protect the case

[jberryhill]

21. "And that tells me..."

Is this in the form of voices in your head?

[obamanut2012]

25. Or because he had plans to blow up a school or something

I suspect the wounds of Columbine are still rather raw in the Denver Metro area.

[MineralMan]

30. It needn't be one or the other.

There are many other reasons that might be.

[Blue_In_AK]

33. I'm just guessing here, but this doesn't feel politically motivated to me.

Perhaps they're keeping quet because they want to protect the case. Too much pretrial publicity can taint a jury.