Theater shooting trial day 21: More sanity examination video to be shown

Jurors can expect to see more video and hear more testimony from Dr. William Reid, the court-appointed psychiatrist who recorded over 22 hours of his interviews with Aurora movie theater shooting gunman James Holmes before deciding the shooter was legally sane.

3rd & 7 37yd

Hope he asks if there is life after death.

by NT8 5/29/2015 4:49:26 PM
Gunman says it is almost impossible to be complete loner in a social society

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:49:39 PM
Mayday43...Right!???

by Robin 5/29/2015 4:50:12 PM
Dr Reid asks if he ever isolated himself. One was when someone wanted to go to the bar. She got angry, went without him. He stayed home to watch tv

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:50:18 PM
So if he understands that God would care about people dying indicates his understanding of society's moral standard of caring...

by Tammy Garrison 5/29/2015 4:50:30 PM
Agreed Tammy!

by Robin 5/29/2015 4:51:00 PM
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Dr Reid asks about difference in feeling between dorm and apartment life. "There was a lot more freedom having your own apartment to do what you want to do"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:51:32 PM
Dr Reid asks what kind of video games, online or computer. Which did he prefer? Gunman says online game.

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:52:09 PM
So if he understands that God would care about people dying indicates his understanding of society's moral standard of caring...!!!!! (Tammy Garrison's observation)...

by Robin 5/29/2015 4:52:14 PM
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Gunman says "Whenever I'm around people I get kind of anxious... they expect you to say something. I usually like to listen more"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:52:42 PM
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Describe anxious? "Fidgety, fearful... not wanting to be there"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:53:03 PM
...He likes to "do what he wants to do"...Translation: He WANTED to cause harm to others...

by Robin 5/29/2015 4:53:13 PM
@Robin I think so

by Abrandt 5/29/2015 4:53:55 PM
or he WANTED to be left alone. Could the anxiety have driven him to rid himself of that which is making him anxious?

by Tammy Garrison 5/29/2015 4:54:25 PM
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Do other people notice he is uncomfortable in public? "It depends how long I am around them"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:54:37 PM
What do they do? They stare

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:54:59 PM
While I feel ZERO compassion for him, my heart does ache for the life he could have lived had he made better choices. I hate that he felt worthy of such power. Meh.

by Sara 5/29/2015 4:55:12 PM
What are people thinking about you in those moments? "Why isn't he talking.... maybe there's something weird about him" but they don't say that, he clarifies, they think it

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:55:50 PM
@Sara I agree with you about how he could have made better choices.

by EZ 5/29/2015 4:56:20 PM
Well put Sara!

by Robin 5/29/2015 4:56:20 PM
Give him Supermax, Then he can be alone.

by NT8 5/29/2015 4:57:17 PM
Reid asks for particular examples: "Uhhhhh" Gunman tells story about watching chess game when he was working at the camp. Afterward, he heard them talking about him.

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:57:20 PM
How'd you feel? "like there was somethign wrong with me"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:57:28 PM
Dr Reid asks to take gunman's pulse

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:57:35 PM
Ok, we've figured out the setting that had the video stuck. Won't happen again

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:58:34 PM
did he allow the pulse to be taken?

by NT8 5/29/2015 4:59:03 PM
@NT8: yes

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:59:06 PM
I have severe social anxiety, and I can say that there is no limit to how bad it can be. There are times that I wish I would disappear, or that everyone else on Earth would disappear and leave my by myself. It's never driven me to violence or impulses of violence, but I can understand how intense the feeling can be. Your whole body gets hot and you tense up, like a dog backed into a corner. Eyes might dilate, pulse would race, body shakes...

by Angela Freeman 5/29/2015 4:59:08 PM
I have compassion for anyone who suffers, I think that he suffers from social anxiety, inferiority complex, low self esteem and I think he was bullied most of his life. Still no reason whatsoever to kill innocent people.

by Resa 5/29/2015 4:59:09 PM
Was the situation of feeling shy/isolated generally related to particular situations? Or was it in general? Answer: Anytime other people were around

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:59:44 PM
You're the best Phil!

by Valm46 5/29/2015 4:59:45 PM
Phil 💙 You go above and beyond!

by Sara 5/29/2015 4:59:46 PM
How comfortable you were with family/close friends? "Very comfortable"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 5:00:04 PM
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Why didn't they think he was weird? "Because I'm different around different people"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 5:00:40 PM
@Angela I also have severe anxiety but in the opposite direction. I talk alot and fast and my heart feels like im having a heart attack. I'm non violent.

by Abrandt 5/29/2015 5:01:02 PM
Dr Reid asking if gunman is uncomfortable with him? Answer: Still uncomfortable

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 5:01:37 PM
I almost feel like this is what an interview with Dylan and/or Kleibold would have been

by Suzi 5/29/2015 5:01:50 PM
Gunman says he isn't communicating with the people around him in the jail

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 5:02:10 PM
Angela, I also see the difference in premeditation on his part. Anxiety does not call premeditation. He really has the kind of intonation and generalized answering pattern of a psytsophrenic,

by Tammy Garrison 5/29/2015 5:02:46 PM
Resa: I should have qualified my lack of compassion. I meant for this "situation" he's gotten himself in to. I hear a very real sadness in his voice and words. I just wish he hadn't made these choices and feel no sympathy for the consequences.

by Sara 5/29/2015 5:02:47 PM
I don't talk much, but I do get the pounding heart feeling @Abrandt

by Angela Freeman 5/29/2015 5:02:57 PM
I think an interview with those two or even one would be filled with much more hatred.

by KP 5/29/2015 5:03:24 PM
Agree, KP

by Sara 5/29/2015 5:04:04 PM
why did he take his pulse?

by Brian Rinck 5/29/2015 5:04:05 PM
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How would he feel in a class with people he didn't know? "I would be fine because we would be focusing on the lectures instead of socializing with other people"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 5:04:06 PM