He Was Mentally Ill Not A Political Activist

James Bosworth , November 29, 2015

Dear apparently made a “no more baby parts” remark following his arrest.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch called the shooting at a Colorado Planned Parenthood Saturday a crime against women
Cowart said there was no armed security on Friday when Dear launched his attack but she defended the level of security in place at the time

Attorney General Loretta Lynch called the shooting at a Colorado Planned Parenthood Saturday a crime against women receiving health care services.

Lynch said in a statement the attack was not only a crime against the local community but a crime against law enforcement seeking to protect and to serve, against other innocent people, and against the rule of law as well as Americans’ right to safety and security.

The nation’s top law enforcement officer said federal officials stand ready to offer any and all assistance to the district attorney and state and local law enforcement in Colorado as they move forward with their investigation.

Lynch also says her thoughts and prayers are with the shooting victims, including police officer Garrett Swasey. She said Swasey gave his life in order to keep others safe.

Robert Lewis Dear, 57, a North Carolina native, allegedly killed three people, including officer Swasey, and wounded nine others after storming the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. Dear was wearing a trench coat and carrying a rifle.

Although Colorado Springs mayor John Suthers said that authorities weren’t ready to discuss a possible motive for the attack, an unnamed law enforcement official told the Associated Press that Dear apparently made a “no more baby parts” remark following his arrest.

The official said he could not elaborate about the comment, and spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly about the ongoing investigation.

Planned Parenthood said late Saturday that witnesses said the gunman was motivated by his opposition to abortion

The attack thrust the clinic to the center of the ongoing debate over Planned Parenthood, which was re-ignited in July when anti-abortion activists released undercover video they said showed the organization’s personnel negotiating the sale of fetal organs.

Planned Parenthood has denied seeking any payments beyond legally permitted reimbursement costs for donating the organs to researchers. Still, the National Abortion Federation says it has since seen a rise in threats at clinics nationwide.

The anti-abortion activists, part of a group called the Center for Medical Progress, denounced the “barbaric killing spree in Colorado Springs by a violent madman” and offered prayers for the dead and wounded and for their families.

The regional head of Planned Parenthood Vicki Cowart said Saturday that Dear “broke in” to the clinic but didn’t get past a locked door leading to the main part of the facility.

Cowart said there was no armed security on Friday when Dear launched his attack but she defended the level of security in place at the time, saying people going to a health clinic shouldn’t have to walk through metal detectors.

Those who knew Dear told the AP Saturday he seemed to have few religious or political leanings. He also was described as a longer who lived in a mountain cabin in the North Carolina woods without electricity or running water.

“If you talked to him, nothing with him was very cognitive — topics all over place,” said James Russell, who lives a few hundred feet from Dear in Black Mountain. A cross made of twigs hung Saturday on the wall of Dear’s pale yellow shack.

Neighbors of Dear’s in North Carolina said the man kept mostly to himself and Russell said that two topics he never heard Dear talk about during his ramblings were religion or abortion.

Dear’s cabin is a half-mile up a curvy dirt road about 15 miles west of Asheville, N.C. He also had a trailer in the nearby town of Swannanoa.

Other neighbors knew Dear but didn’t want to give their names because they said they were fearful he might retaliate, the Associated Press reported.

In the small town of Hartsel, Colorado, about 60 miles west of Colorado Springs, about a dozen police vehicles and fire trucks were parked outside a small white trailer belonging to Dear located on a sprawling swath of land. Property records indicate Dear purchased the land about a year ago.

A law enforcement official said authorities searched the trailer Saturday but found no explosives. The official, who has direct knowledge of the case, said authorities also talked with a woman who was living in the trailer. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly about the ongoing investigation.

Dear was in jail Saturday on what officials said were “administrative holds.” Charges apparently won’t be lodged until he appears in court Monday.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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