Darrell Brooks, a career criminal who was the principal suspect in the Waukesha attack, benefited from the DA’s lenient policies
Milwaukee’s District attorney faces furious questions over why Darrell Brooks, the alleged Waukesha Parade killer, was on the streets. This is despite his long criminal record dating back to 1999.
John Chisolm, who released Monday’s statement, admitted that Brooks, 39 years old, shouldn’t have been released on a $1,000 bond this month after an alleged hit-and run incident in which his girlfriend was involved.
Chisolm (58) has boasted that he let a non-profit opposed to cash bail audit the office and has repeatedly spoken out about his desire to decrease his county’s prison population.
This despite the fact that murders have risen by 95% between 2020 and 2019, with 2021 expected to be as full of homicides than last year.
Brooks, a 39-year-old career criminal with a long rap sheet that dates back to 1999 and more than 15 arrests made in Wisconsin, benefited from the DA’s lenient policy.
Brooks, an aspirant rapper, spent 8 months behind bars for shooting another vehicle after a fight. He was released from jail after posting a bond that had been set at the Chisolm’s Office. $10,000 It was brought down to $500 by February.
Why did the rate drop? Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Milwaukee, the Milwaukee court system couldn’t provide the serial criminal – who faces charges including possession, strangulation, and suffocation – with a fast enough trial.
John Chisolm, Milwaukee District Attorney, released Monday a statement admitting that Brooks was released earlier in the month on a $1,000 cash bail.
Brooks was again arrested in Milwaukee on November 2nd. He tracked down his mother at a nearby hotel. After she refused to go in his Ford SUV, he followed her along the road with the red Ford.
DailyMail.com has obtained copies of the warrant for his arrest. They show that he followed her into a station and punched her with ‘a closed fist. Then he ‘ran her through. This car is the one that was used in Sunday’s murders.
Brooks was arrested, and was charged with bail jumping. This is because Brooks failed to comply with one of the many sets of probation or bail conditions he had.
A terrifying video of a red SUV speeding into people marches in Waukesha’s annual holiday parade, 20 miles west from downtown Milwaukee has been posted on social media.
It was found parked in an unoccupied driveway, five blocks away from the scene of the carnage. Although it is not known who the SUV belonged to or whether he was located inside, he was arrested nearby
On Sunday, the Christmas Parade began at 4pm. Participants started at Main St. and Whiterock Ave. This was meant to be a brief parade and it will end half a block away in Cutler Park. It speeds down Main Street in a red SUV at 4.39pm. The car crashed into crowds and sent people flying. It continued on towards the end of parade where it broke through barriers. Although the SUV was found within five blocks of where it was parked, its driver was taken into custody. It’s not known exactly from which location.
The culpable criminal was able to escape incarceration on November 11th by posting bail, this time with a $1,000 cash bond.
By November 19 – two days before the Waukesha attack – he was on the streets again; and by November 21, Brooks was allowed back behind the wheel of his Ford.
After Sunday night’s massacre, which saw a speeding, red SUV plow into paradegoers in the suburban town in the neighboring county of Waukesha, Brooks was again apprehended by Milwaukee police as a suspect.
Chisolm released Monday a statement following Brooks arrest, stating that Brooks was a career criminal and his bail had been set at ‘inappropriately low.
Chisolm’s Office released a Monday statement following Brooks’ arrest admitting that Brooks’ bail was ‘inappropriately low’.
‘The bail recommendation in this case is not consistent with the approach of the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office toward matters involving violent crime, nor was it consistent with the risk assessment of the defendant prior to setting of bail.
“This statement said that an internal review was being conducted by the office regarding the recommendation to grant bail in this case in order to decide the best next steps.”
The massive misstep in the Milwaukee legal office’s handling of Brooks’ bail proceedings comes as career prosecutor and longtime Milwaukee County DA Chisolm sought to send fewer Wisconsin residents to prison while maintaining public safety – amid an unprecedented influx of crime in Milwaukee County.
To combat the crime wave, Chisolm enlisted the help of the Vera Institute of Justice, a New York-based nonprofit group that works with leaders in government and civil settings ‘to improve the services people rely on for safety and justice,’ according to the organization’s website.
On its website, Vera explicitly states her opposition to cash bail. Advocates argue that the measure penalizes those who are least fortunate and causes a large number of people from minority ethnic backgrounds to be held in prison in the midst of their trials. Opponents claim that the measure can lead to career criminals being released immediately onto the streets for more crimes, and is partially responsible for NYC’s continuing crime rise.
Milwaukee County has cash bail rules. But through this coalition with Vera, Chisolm also looked to address the prevailing racial disparities in incarcerations in the predominantly white county, with Wisconsin leading the nation in black incarcerations.
Nicholas Turner, president of Vera Institute, applauded Chisholm’s 2015 New Yorker piece.
“For many years, prosecutors defined themselves by high conviction rates and winning big cases with large sentences. The evidence suggests that justice and safety cannot be achieved by a lengthy sentence.
“Prosecutors must redefine their role in this new age.” Chisholm stuck his neck out there and started saying that prosecutors should also be judged by their success in reducing mass incarceration and achieving racial equality.”
According to data compiled by the Milwaukee Employment & Training Institute reveals, more than half of all African-American males in their 30s and 40s residing in the state of Wisconsin have at some point served a stint in state prisons.
However, Chisolm’s “experiment,” as The New Yorker described it in 2015, was largely futile.
In the 14 years that Chisolm has been in charge of this county, crime has risen to new heights, especially violent crimes.
For instance, homicides have increased by nearly 100 percent between 2019 and 2020. They jumped from 97 murders two year ago to 190 in the last year.
The Milwaukee County murder rate has increased by nearly 100 percent between 2019-2020. This is a jump from the 97 murders of two years ago, to the 190 recorded last year.
The county Chisolm oversees for 14 years has witnessed crime rise to new heights since the beginning of the pandemic.
The 2021 Wisconsin County is expected to have the same number as in 2019. This was during the height pandemic. In fact, this year has seen 173 murders – exactly the same level as at the beginning of 2020. Milwaukee County has more than one-sixth of Wisconsin’s total population. According to data from Milwaukee Police Department, assaults have increased from 5,746 people in 2019 up to 7,235 in 2020. This is a 26% increase.
The state will see more violence this year with 6 810 incidents so far in 2021, nearly 500 more than last year.
Milwaukee County crime is rising. It has seen an increase in crimes, with more than 33,000 incidents this year compared to 23,492 in 2019.
The most dramatic increase in motor vehicle thefts was seen from 2019 through this year. This is due to the number of instances of auto thefts increasing by over 1,000 between 2019 and 2020. They went from 3,487, 4,509, an increase that more than tripled to 9,416 cases, which represents a 27% increase since 2019.
In Milwaukee County, the crime rate is also rising. It jumped from 23,492 incidents to 26,583 incidents in 2019, a rise of over 3,000 incidents and again in 2020. There are more than 4,500 additional infractions this year, even though there’s still more than one month until the end.