Planned Parenthood Gunman Says He’s ‘Warrior For The Babies’ In Court

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, file photo, Colorado Springs shooting suspect, Robert Dear, right, appears via video before Judge Gilbert Martinez, with public defender Dan King, left, at the El Paso County Cr... FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, file photo, Colorado Springs shooting suspect, Robert Dear, right, appears via video before Judge Gilbert Martinez, with public defender Dan King, left, at the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center for this first court appearance, where he was told he faces first degree murder charges in Colorado Springs, Colo. The man accused of killing multiple people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado asked at least one person in a nearby shopping center for directions to the facility before opening fire, a law enforcement official said. (Daniel Owen/The Gazette via AP, Pool) MORE LESS
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The suspect in the deadly attack against a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic said Wednesday in court that he was guilty and a “warrior for the babies,” a local CBS affiliate reported.

Robert Lewis Dear is accused of killing one police officer and two civilians and injuring nine others in a shooting at the Colorado Springs clinic on Nov. 27.

Dear said he was guilty in a court hearing Wednesday where prosecutors said they were filing 179 counts against him, including murder, according to local TV station KCNC.

“I am guilty, there will be no trial,” he was quoted as saying. “I am a warrior for the babies.”

The Gazette reported that Dear had multiple outbursts during the hearing.

Dear also shouted out, “Protect the babies,” and “I will not meet with him again,” seemingly referring to the public defender on his case, Dan King, according to The Denver Post.

This post has been updated.

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  1. Did any reporter read Dear’s comments back to Senator Cruz?

    After all Cruz had a lot to ‘say’ about this case.

  2. LIBtardS sAVE TriaL MONey and USE TO SETTLE radical Islamic JIHADIs in AmericA to SPread SHARia.

  3. “I am guilty there will be no trial,”

    Yeah guilty of being a transgender democrat bank robber. Amirite Eustace?

  4. “I’m a warrior for the babies.”

    No he’s not. He’s a dupe and a man that has wasted the rest of his life. He did not kill an abortionist or stop a single abortion. Her did nothing for “the babies”. He’s wasted his life and it will be a snowy day in hell when one of the holy rollers that motivated him show up to help him. He’s done and achieved absolutely nothing for that sacrifice.

  5. I heard Cruz on NPR’s morning addition today. OMG.

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