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

In comes the jury

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:04:56 PM
@Tammy do you mean he seems more "normal" today or yesterday?

by Me 5/29/2015 7:05:51 PM
Video resumes

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:06:28 PM
Gunman says he "kind of transferred suicidal thoughts into homicidal"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:06:44 PM
I'm back and trying to catch up. I see some new names today so....Welcome to the newbies joining us! :-)

by Liz 5/29/2015 7:06:59 PM
more normal yesterday

by Tammy Garrison 5/29/2015 7:07:49 PM
much better video quality this afternoon

by Brian Rinck 5/29/2015 7:08:34 PM
@Phil Holy cow, what adjustments did you make to the zoom button during lunch? The zoom isn't so pixelated and I can read the date on the bottom of the TV screen!

by Penguins219 5/29/2015 7:08:46 PM
halftime stats, 3 objections 2 over rides@ 67% 1 Sustained @ 33%

by NT8 5/29/2015 7:08:47 PM
@Penguins219: The signal feed that was broken before was fixed during the lunch. So the HD primary is back online

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:09:12 PM
the use of a technical term **might** be a sign of research before the assault

by Harold Finch 5/29/2015 7:09:35 PM
Was he in contact with reality? Gunman says there were times he wasn't realistic

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:09:36 PM
Describes imagining nuclear winter as an "intrusive thought"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:10:18 PM
Thankyou PHIL!! hd is so much better!!

by JG 5/29/2015 7:10:52 PM
What happens with that atomic bomb cloud? "it just disintegrates everything around"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:11:09 PM
Next characteristic from Reids notes: "that you were a very interesting person."
Gunman responds: "I dont know about that one, it sounds like flattery"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:12:00 PM
Could you have fooled people into thinking you were extremely bright?
"No, I try to be more modest."

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:13:43 PM
Ducking the EXTREME titles.......

by NT8 5/29/2015 7:14:14 PM
Another description: "Awkward around other people"
Response; "I would say that's accurate"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:14:42 PM
Another: "pretty much similar to other research grad students."
Response: "I didn't stand out. I was pretty much going with the flow"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:15:06 PM
Gunman believes classmates/professors saw him as studious and hardworking

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:15:50 PM
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Next description: "Very angry"
Response: "In all honesty, that is inaccurate"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:16:04 PM
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Why might they think he was angry? "If they interpreted my awkwardness as anger"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:16:24 PM
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"I never told anybody I was angry"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:17:02 PM
gunman says hatred of mankind is like the hatred of broccoli, but not a fiery passion hate. Dr. Ried asks more.

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:18:04 PM
Gunman says he felt separate from mankind

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:18:58 PM
In my own experiences with my anxiety, people often think I'm being stuck up, or angry, or pouty, cold, generally unpleasant...The shyness of anxiety is often misinterpreted that way. In reality I am rarely angry. I imagine it's similar for others with anxiety.

by Angela Freeman 5/29/2015 7:19:11 PM
Gunman says he was "averse to mankind"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:19:25 PM
However it's odd to me that he can feel hate without anger.

by Angela Freeman 5/29/2015 7:19:27 PM
Supermax will solve all of this.

by NT8 5/29/2015 7:21:02 PM
Can't you hate broccoli without being angry at it?

by Tammy Garrison 5/29/2015 7:21:03 PM
Next description: Self-centered

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:21:12 PM
My anxiety doesn't come with anger....mostly the fight or flight feeling, impending doom.

by Stephany 5/29/2015 7:21:25 PM
Why is it self-centered to put work into study? "Because you are gaining knowledge for yourself, improving yourself"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:21:46 PM
I think you are right angela. I suffer from anxiety/depression and fears of things, and people always say I look mad or angry, when really I am anything but that. Im never mad or angry, I just don't smile a lot.

by Tara 5/29/2015 7:22:04 PM
@tammy i think that was the point he was trying to make. he wasn't angry, he just hated mankind.

by sydnijmm 5/29/2015 7:22:15 PM
Hmm. Fair point @Tammy. I tend to think of it differently in terms of other human beings, but I suppose it's entirely likely that he perceived other people in a similar way to broccoli.

by Angela Freeman 5/29/2015 7:22:44 PM
Did you view yoruself as mentally ill? "Sometimes."

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:23:10 PM
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In what way? "In the social awkwardness and the intrusive thoughts"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:23:24 PM
@angela, yes. the thing i get most often is pouty and i get standoffish a lot.

by sydnijmm 5/29/2015 7:23:25 PM
I think that's what he was trying to say.

by Tammy Garrison 5/29/2015 7:23:34 PM
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Also had intrusive thoughts about guns. "That I should shoot as many people as possible"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:24:00 PM
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How did you feel as you told me that? "Not good"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:24:08 PM
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"it makes me nervous"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 7:24:15 PM
Yes, I get "stand-offish" pretty frequently as well.

by Angela Freeman 5/29/2015 7:24:19 PM