Why Colorado Springs?

[jmowreader]

Robert Dear drove 1450 miles and crossed several state lines to get from his home in North Carolina to his target in Colorado. What's so special about THIS Planned Parenthood?

[busterbrown]

1. Right Winger’s are claiming it..

was a foiled bank robbery attempt..

[hobbit709]

2. Because Colorado Springs is full of right wing fundy nutjobs on a mission from gawd.

[haikugal]

7. ^^^THIS^^^

[herding cats]

3. He lived in Hartsel, CO now.

Which is only about 65 miles from Colorado Springs, which would have been the closest PP to him.

[Warpy]

12. OK, that answers a few lingering questions

It also looks like he got religion after he got clean and sober, alcohol is writ large upon his face.

Still, he lived his whole life in North and South Carolina. It will be interesting to find out what drew him to Colorado.

I do hope the FBI picks what's left of his brains. A lot.

[uncle ray]

4. he lived in Hartsel, CO.

he didn't have far to drive.

FWIW: this PP has protesters outside literally every day. i'm curious to know if they just happened to be out black friday shopping when this happened.

[mnhtnbb]

5. He has an address in Hartsel, CO, which is about an hour and 20 minute drive to Colorado Springs.

Access to that address is closed according to the Park County Sheriff's office.

https://twitter.com/CSPDPIO

[ChisolmTrailDem]

6. Dear is believed to have also been recently living in Hartsel, Colorado, west of Colorado Springs.

Perhaps he's been there for some time before his attack on PP.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Lived about 50 miles from Colorado Springs for a year or more, and distributed anti-Obama leaflets

Police said on Twitter Dear was a resident of Hartsel, Colorado. The town lies in the middle of the state and is just over one hour’s drive from Colorado Springs.
...
Zigmond Post, who told BuzzFeed News he was a neighbor of Dear’s in Hartsel, said the man once gave him anti-Obama pamphlets.

Post said he once went to Dear’s home to retrieve two dogs that had gotten loose. “We were there for a minute and the guy was already handing us anti-Obama pamphlets,” he said. According to Post, Dear said “Obama was ruining the country and needed to be impeached.”

Post told BuzzFeed News he last spoke with Dear on Wednesday when he saw him at the local post office. He said didn’t believe Dear was acting strangely. “I never thought he would do anything like that,” Post said of Friday’s rampage. “You never think your neighbor would do anything like that.”


http://www.buzzfeed.com/aliciamelvillesmith/heres-what-we-know-about-planned-parenthood-suspect#.sxWk23POl

[meow2u3]

9. Colorado Springs is the "capital" of Christianism

In other words, it's Fundie Nutjob Central.

[Rex]

10. Reply #2

[IcyPeas]

11. the Guardian explains why Colorado Springs....

Colorado Springs, the location of an attack on a Planned Parenthood clinic that left three people dead, is a centre of rightwing Christian culture with a “wild west mentality” when it comes to guns

.

Colorado’s second largest city, with a population of 445,800, has built itself a reputation as a playground for white, pro-gun, pro-life Evangelical Christians. It is also home to one army base, two air force bases, and an air force.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/28/colorado-springs-a-playground-for-pro-life-pro-gun-evangelical-christians


Doesn't sound like the best location for a Planned Parenthood.

[Quixote1818]

13. James Dobson's Focus on the Family nut factory is in Colorado Spring. nt