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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAP Saying Shooter Had Dyed Hair Red & Claimed To Be The Joker
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_COLORADO_SHOOTING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-07-20-15-19-30New York City's police commissioner said he was told the gunman had painted his hair red and called himself the Joker - Batman's nemesis - but Aurora police would not confirm that.
drm604
(16,230 posts)This is probably simply a case of mental illness.
flamingdem
(39,303 posts)I think he might have feigned a break so he would suffer less later.
The joker thing seems like a detail compared to his complex plans.
He's someone who planned this - meaning a psychopath. Society
should not go easy on this type. For instance they can manipulate
and convince others they have reformed but they'd do it again.
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FarLeftFist
(6,161 posts)CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)Apparently as I had forgotten and have not seen that film more than once.
frogmarch
(12,144 posts)Holmes was wearing a helmet. Oates didn't mention Holmes wearing a red wig or having red-dyed hair.
Oates had come to Aurora CO from Ann Arbor MI and before that was a policeman in NYC. If the NYC police commissioner did hear from Oates about the case, it may be because he and Oates knew each other when Oates was a NYC policeman.
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120720/METRO/207200419/1361/Aurora--Colo.-s-police-chief-was-once-in-charge-of-Ann-Arbor-s-cops
"According to his resume, Oates served with the NYPD for 21 years, leaving as a deputy chief prior to coming to Ann Arbor.