Many people say not to focus on James Holmes and suggest not even saying his name. We should focus on the victims, their families and their memories. I agree that our foremost priority be that of the victims but I disagree on not discussing Holmes. He needs to be discussed and dissected because it is our duty as a society to be able to understand and recognize the Holmes’s of the world so that we can better prepare, defend or prevent their destruction.

Slapping a gag order on this case is making everyone crazy-pissed as they are left with so many questions unanswered. Some of us with more creative minds end up playing detective because we simply cannot wait for an answer.

For various reasons, I’ve been following the Aurora theater shooting case pretty closely. First of all, I lived there for a while and for some odd reason, the incident felt “closer to home” even though I haven’t been there in years. Secondly and more importantly, it scares me. But not in the way it scares most people. I mean, yes I’m kinda nervous about going to the movies now but what I’m talking about is different.

It scares me because Holmes is/was no different than many of us. Up until a few months ago he was not only normal but seemingly gifted in his ability to achieve in academics. He was the type of person our society looks up to. He was the type of person I would have looked up to, especially since I have a peak interest in the sciences and have always excelled in that area academically. It scares me because I could have been Holmes. My favorite chemistry professor could have been Holmes. It’s scary because we don’t know what it is that sets him apart from us, at least not yet. What made him change so quickly and so dramatically? Could it happen to me?

The problem of what we don’t know is only made worse by what we do know, which is full of discrepancies.

After listening to all of the police radio files from that night and reading everything in depth from all different sources, I’m convinced there was at least one other suspect that was on the scene. In fact, Holmes may not have even been the actual shooter. After all, nobody actually saw Holmes’ face until he was being arrested outside. Nobody can say they saw Holmes do anything.

Not even one person remembers seeing Holmes in line, walking around or sitting in the lit theater before the movie started. With that hair color, you’d think someone would remember seeing him, even as a passerby. Hopefully, security cameras from the theater will clear all that up if they EVER decide to let the public know.

Several witnesses DID however describe someone in a black camo outfit with a red backpack bolting from the scene shortly after police arrived. They also found a 2nd gas mask in the back parking lot 25 spaces away from Holmes’ car and a suspicious black hatchback with TN plates in the main parking lot with a possible “2nd device” inside. Now all of the sudden these things mean nothing and police no longer believe there’s another possible suspect, just because Holmes says so? Something isn’t right with all that.

Speaking of cars, the address linked to Holmes’ car registration is not even his but of an “associate” and previous fellow PhD student of Holmes that the media kept referring to as a “person of interest” who happens to live at the address where sources say a threatening phone call was made, demanding Holmes’ release. I would assume this guy was more than just an “associate” considering Holmes used his address. I’d like to know the name of that guy’s roommate, who is apparently female. Neighbors said she always left for work in professional attire except the day of the shooting in which she wore a construction outfit. My mind goes to Holmes’ psychiatrist for some reason. Dare I say, a real-life Harley Quinn? Perhaps she controlled him like a Joker pawn through hypnosis and/or mind-altering medication? It would explain why he has no recollection of the incident. Maybe they dressed him up and he never even left his car but simply waited to take the fall. Several mental health professionals have speculated, by examining all known evidence and history of Holmes, it is highly unlikely (less than 5%) that he is lying or “faking it”.

Something else interesting was that police claimed Holmes’ warned them, while still at the scene, that his apartment was rigged with bombs but they never mention anything about it over the radio. Even when an officer states he’s going to the suspect’s residence (address from car registration) for observation? They wouldn’t do that if they thought the building would blow up.

Then on the flipside of crazy, it was recently discovered that Holmes was adopted and his new uber-doctor daddy had previously contracted research for DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). DARPA is the our government’s military research agency through the Department of Defense. Their job is to figure out ways to make a soldier the most efficient and useful, aka Super Soldiers. This includes ways to alter brain chemistry to increase endurance. The research Holmes’ father was involved in was part of a larger DARPA program known as the “Peak Soldier Performance Program,” which involved creating brain-machine interfaces for battlefield use. Was Holmes the first botched attempt at a real-life Jason Bourne?

Perhaps. Don’t dismiss my Harley Quinn theory though.

Of course he could just be, um, batshit crazy.

saturday, 28 july 2012

