Here's the Joker: Mr. Homes

[sinkingfeeling]

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/23/suspect-in-colorado-shooting-to-appear-in-court/?hpt=hp_t

[joeybee12]

1. Holmes

That said, he really doesn't look like theone photo they had been showing previously.

[nichomachus]

2. Well a couple of nights in jail

and the fact that a lot of people want to see you dead has a tendency to wipe that smile off your face.

[joeybee12]

7. I wonder if it's hitting him what he's done...

I hope so.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

30. Once the initial high wore off

the reality that he'd be looking at cement walls and steel bars, eating prison food and having people watch you take a shit like you're animal for the rest of your life might have sunk in. When he's surrounded by maniacs who will gut you for no reason at all it will really sink in.

[BlueCaliDem]

3. I wonder why they chose the old photo? Clean cut for the White guy perhaps?

I knew that photograph they'd been touting wasn't a recent one the moment I heard that he had dyed his hair red. The clean-cut, boy-next-door photograph corporate media were touting was more "wholesome" for the viewers.

[joeybee12]

4. Actually, I thought he looked kind of crazed in that photo...

Sort of had those Michelle Bachmann eyes.

[BlueCaliDem]

41. But a kinder crazy, don't you agree? eom

[Fawke Em]

5. No... the Chief wouldn't release his booking photo.

The photo the press was showing was the only one they have. You can bet they'll be running with the Joker/Ronald McDonald look now that they have video.

[LibGranny]

25. the first photo they released was

his student ID photo

[karynnj]

8. It may have been the first one that they could find

What could be more obvious than looking for his college photo? They have said he did not have a facebook account which might have been a source of more current photos.

[obamanut2012]

10. There was a recent one from an "adult" dating site where his hair was read

And, he was much leaner there, too. The face bloat is odd to me. Do any drugs do that?

[gregoire]

28. How do you read hair?

I've never heard that expression. I've heard about reading lines on hands and reading the shape of your head.

[Bucky]

13. I really don't think there's anyone interested in seeing him look wholesome.

It serves no one's interest. Not sure how you got around to seeing a race angle here.

[Jamastiene]

27. It is probably a good thing to dispel the myth

the mass shooters have some seedy "different" look. I think they often aim to show that a lot of these shooters look like any other person you see in public on any given day; the everyman look. I'm not sure about wholesome or the race angle either, but I do think it is a good thing to dispel the myths about these shooters somehow having a "look" about them. They really don't look all that different than anyone else. It is what they do that makes them mass shooters anyhow, not how they look.

On the other hand, the guy's facial expressions (how he bugged his eyes out several times and how he acted) in the video are sort of strange, to me, somehow.

[nichomachus]

24. That's just silly

When you're working under pressure and under deadline as a journalist to get a photo of someone, you take whatever you can get. You don't shop around to get a photo that suits some political agenda of yours. I've been in that position. It's not an easy thing to do. Usually the family isn't quite cooperative. You may be able to get one from a friend -- and in that case, it would probably look like the one we saw. Very often, your best source is a high-school or college yearbook, which might also look like what we saw. Very rarely does the photo you first get look like what you see in the first appearance in court. Also, by the time this goes to trial, he will have a completely different look, which won't be anything close to the two photos we've seen so far.

[obamanut2012]

6. I agree -- a lot more bloated and younger

[steve2470]

9. who is the woman sitting next to him ? nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

11. Probably the public defender.

[steve2470]

12. that was my guess also nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

15. I'm sure he'll have big-name lawyer before long. n/t

[flamingdem]

14. So the family didn't want to hire an expensive lawyer

Kind of like throwing good money after bad.. though we don't know much about who they are at this point.

[Bucky]

16. Now there is a woman with a tough job.

There's really no discernible case for diminished capacity here. I mean, the guy is clearly "sick" in the colloquial sense of the word. But all that premeditation and sneaking in the back door shows this was a ration, but almost purely evil, guy. Lock him up & throw away the key is the best he can hope for.

[flamingdem]

18. I hope they don't give him the death penalty

That will be the next massive controversy.

It's better that we don't as a society sweep him out of our midst, he is an American, this society was the context for this act. We need to live with that.

[Fawke Em]

19. I wouldn't say that.

If he has schzophrenia or something similar, he could have been role-playing in a self-created world and has no earthly idea he's even killed someone.

I read somewhere on DU that Jared Loughner had no clue what he had done - or why - until he was given anti-psychotic drugs.

I'm not defending or accusing Holmes, but I covered courts for years as a reporter and have seen just about everything imaginable.

[flamingdem]

22. I think he can be tested for schizophrenia at least

Psychosis is harder to prove / disprove

[Fawke Em]

23. Oh, I'm sure he'll be tested for a number of

things.

I'm not sure if his appearance today was exhaustion from lack of sleep, an act or truly someone whose world is in Gotham.

[4th law of robotics]

36. I don't envy her

[alcibiades_mystery]

17. "So there never was a Roy?" "There never was an Aaron..."

[Fawke Em]

20. Perfect!

Ed Norton took that movie and stole it directly out from Richard Gere's nose.

[joeybee12]

21. Here's another photo of him...from the Daily Mail

[Duer 157099]

26. Looks more like this guy to me

[FedUpWithIt All]

29. Here is a link to video. He looks very out of it.

http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2012/07/23/james-holmes-photos-court-arraignment-batman-dark-knight-shooter/

In light of the reports, from the prison where he was being held, that he was aggressive, spitting and delusional, could it be that they sedated him for the hearing?

[UnrepentantLiberal]

31. He looked sedated.

[FedUpWithIt All]

32. Also, in some photos, his pupils look very dilated

It seems pretty clear that he was sedated and not acting.

[gregoire]

33. Interesting. It looks like someone is drugging him

Leads more to the evidence that someone else was controlling and funding him.

[muriel_volestrangler]

34. 'Evidence'? What bullshit.

He looks tired. Having been in jail for 3 days, with, if rumours are true, other inmates shouting they'd kill him, being interrogated, perhaps having moments of lucidity when he realises what he's done - it's not surprising.

Take the 'someone else was controlling and funding him' to a conspiracy site. You're accusing the state of Colorado of that, by the way, if you think "someone is drugging him" in jail. It's anti-government BS.

[Cali_Democrat]

35. Are you serious?

[4th law of robotics]

37. Or he hasn't been sleeping well

I'm sure there's a lot on his mind.

[gregoire]

38. Lack of sleep doesn't do that to your pupils

.

[eShirl]

39. I think you missed a few steps between point A and point Z

[backscatter712]

40. Why does everyone call him the Joker? The Joker's hair is GREEN, DAMMIT!

[krispos42]

42. On Fark.com they're calling him Sideshow Bob.

They don't use his real name, in order to deny him the fame and attention he seeks.


Sounds like a plan to me.