Analysis Of Robert Dear's Attack On Planned Parenthood

In November 2015, Robert Dear executed an attack on an abortion clinic, Planned Parenthood, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. After a six hour standoff, this attack ended with the death of one police officer and two civilians and injuries to five police officers and four civilians. Robert Dear, 59, was motivated by his Christian faith and believes that his actions were just. Dear’s whole life was painted with crime, violence, and radical demonstrations of his religion. Even a New York Times article made him out as “an angry and occasionally violent, deeply disturbed, and extremely religious man with a long history with law enforcement.” Throughout his life Dear had been married 3 times with all ending in divorce and usually an accusation of some sort. Dear’s first marriage ended after six years in 1985 and his second ended in 1993. The second marriage ended with his ex-wife, Barbara Micheau, citing his infidelity and wasteful spending. In the sworn affidavit of their divorce filing, Micheau also accused Dear of “kick[ing] her [and beating] her head against the floor” as well as addressed Dear’s severe emotional problems and describes him as a man who

In his divorce with Micheau, she described the way Dear practices his faith as “a Christian and is extremely evangelistic, but does not follow the Bible in his actions.” Dear justified his actions with the nature of salvation and the promise of forgiveness in the Christian faith. Dear demonstrated many religious expressions in just the usual words that he said and mainly on the internet. For example in one situation Dear posted “Turn to JESUS or burn in hell,” and on another site on Oct. 7, 2005, “WAKE UP SINNERS U CANT SAVE YOURSELF U WILL DIE AND WORMS SHALL EAT YOUR FLESH, NOW YOUR SOUL IS GOING SOMEWHERE.” Dear advocated for his religion aggressively at whatever cost and that is what motivated him to commit this horrible