A police robot with聽four cameras聽aired these first pictures from James Holmes' apartment. Police took the聽videos the morning of Friday, July 20, 2012.
Police said that the glass jar on the chair was a homemade napalm bomb. The green bottles surrounding the chair contained gasoline. The danger of these devices and a potential mouse-trap-like chain reaction of incendiary devices in the apartment were the subject of an intense argument between the defense and prosecution Friday.
Defense attorney Katherine Spengler argued that these contraptions were designed to catch fire, not explode. The bomb expert agreed. Spengler said that when the robot arm opened the door of the apartment,聽there was no explosion. She said that the bomb squad was finished dissembling the devices by noon.聽
That鈥檚 about when prosecutor Rich Orman decided to start his own fireworks.
Orman: 鈥淎re incendiary devices by their very nature safe?鈥� Bomb guy 鈥� 鈥淣o. They are not.鈥�
RO: 鈥淎re they dangerous?鈥� BG 鈥� 鈥測es.鈥�
RO: 鈥淐an they kill people?鈥滲G 鈥� 鈥淵es they can.鈥�
RO: 鈥淐an they hurt people?鈥� BG 鈥� 鈥淵es they can.鈥�
RO: 鈥淐an they burn down apartment buildings full of sleeping people?鈥�
OBJECTION: Argumentative, etc. overruled. Orman went about his questioning another way.