A police robot with four cameras aired these first pictures from James Holmes' apartment. Police took the 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, there was no explosion. She said that the bomb squad was finished dissembling the devices by noon.Â
That’s about when prosecutor Rich Orman decided to start his own fireworks.
Orman: “Are incendiary devices by their very nature safe?” Bomb guy – “No. They are not.”
RO: “Are they dangerous?” BG – “yes.”
RO: “Can they kill people?”BG – “Yes they can.”
RO: “Can they hurt people?” BG – “Yes they can.”
RO: “Can they burn down apartment buildings full of sleeping people?”
OBJECTION: Argumentative, etc. overruled. Orman went about his questioning another way.