Darrell E. Brooks, 39, drove a maroon Ford Escape into Wauksha’s Christmas Parade. He drove dementedly through the crowd and crashed head-on into elderly and children.
You can’t imagine anything worse than the Sunday night Christmas parade that took place in Waukesha Wisconsin.
As hundreds of families cheered on local marching bands as well as a well-known troupe of “Dancing Grannies”, the festive mood was joyously high.
In a flash, a car was speeding by, and the scene changed to one of complete carnage.
Darrell E. Brooks (39) drove his maroon Ford Escape into the crowd and drove insanely through it, killing children and seniors in the process.
Five adults were killed and over 48 people, including many kids, were injured – some critically.
Three members of the Dancing Grannies were among those who perished.
According to Steve Howard of Waukesha Fire, “I likened it to a battle zone,” an emotionally charged Waukesha Chief told The New York Times.
It’s difficult to think of anything worse than what I just described.
It turned out that there was more to it than meets the eye.
This was the crime of a deranged lunatic named Darrell Brooks Jr., who has a long criminal record and should not have been allowed to drive his car like an axe.
Tamara Durand (left), 52 years old, and Leana “Lee” Owen (right), 1971, were both members of Milwaukee Dancing Grannies who lost their lives in Sunday’s tragedy.
Virginia Sorenson, aged 79, was an elderly nurse who marched in the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies’ parade. Wilhelm Hospel, 82, was the husband of one grannies and died of internal bleeding. His older brother said he knew this because he had been there.
Jane Kulich, a Citizen Bank employee, was walking along with a parade-float float when she was struck and killed.
His entire criminal record is worth reading to gain a better understanding of his danger level.
Brooks Jr. was sentenced in 1999 to two years imprisonment for assault battery and concealing a weapon.
His 2000 arrest was for conceal weapon possession, resistance to or obstruction by an officer, as well as carrying a concealed weapon. This case was not prosecuted.
He was charged with obstructing a police officer, operating a motor vehicle without his consent and possessing THC. This case was dropped.
2003: He was arrested and sent to prison for resisting or obstruction of an officer.
On February 5, 2005, he was detained for refusing to obey or obstruction an officer.
On March 5, 2005, he was taken into custody for possessing controlled substance and receiving stolen property. This case was dropped.
He was again resisting officers and was given a paternity warrant in 2009.
He was sentenced to an unspecified term for domestic abuse, strangulation and intentional suffocation in 2010.
He was arrested in August 2011 for violating probation.
He was issued a second paternity order in September 2011.
He was arrested in October 2011 for possessing THC.
His December 2011 arrest was for possession with intent to (THC), and bail jumping. His sentence included a 180 day jail term with the option to be released on day-release and permission to continue working in jail.
The charges against him included bail jumping and failure to appear before a court. He also resisting the officer.
His possession of THC was taken into custody in November 2012.
He was arrested for having sex between 2012-2020 in Nevada.
Darrell E. Brooks, 39, drove a maroon Ford Escape through the crowd barrier and into the celebration crowd. He also killed children and the elderly in an egregious rampage. Five adults were killed and over 48 people, including many kids, were injured – some critically
Darrell Brooks Jr, a naughty rapper and thug named Darrell Brooks Jr has a long criminal record that should have prevented him from using his vehicle as a weapon of mass destruction. Five blocks away from the scene of the carnage, the SUV was found parked in a driveway.
He was charged in July 2020 with possessing a firearm, possession as a felon, endangering security, reckless use firearm (domestic abuse), and possession methamphetamine. He was sentenced to eight months imprisonment and released after his bail was reduced from $10,000 to $500. What was the reason for this reduction? Because of COVID-19, the Milwaukee courts couldn’t provide him with a fast enough trial.
He was issued a second paternity warrant in February 2021.
The most recent charges were filed against him on November 2, 2020. He was arrested for domestic battery and bail jumping.
The specifics of that most recent case are relevant because Brooks was accused of running over the woman in his maroon Ford Escape in the parking lot of a gas station – causing her to require hospital treatment for facial cuts and bruises.
Brooks punched her on the head before hitting her with his vehicle.
One officer reported that he observed tire tracks on the left leg of her pants.
Here’s the part that makes me sicker than all the horrible murderous mighthem Brooks committed on Sunday night.
On November 19, he was freed on an insignificant $1000 bond.
The vile and violent career killer, accused, among other things, of using his car to weaponize his victims, was allowed to go again, but this time for less money than the cost of giving his car a fresh coat of paint.
He then used the exact same car two days later to launch one of America’s most vicious attacks against citizens.
“The State’s Bail Recommendation in This Case was Inappropriately Low in Light of The Nature of Recent Charges and the pending prosecutions against Mr. Brooks,” the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office stated in unsigned statements.
John Chisholm was the DA and I don’t think he wanted to sign it.
One would not want their name on such a horrible, absurd decision.
In addition, the statement stated that an investigation was underway to establish how such a decision could have ever been made. The statement also noted that the bail amount did not match the risk assessment done on the defendant prior the setting of bail.
Do you have a thought?
Brooks is not the man to be released on $1000 bond, as could a lobotomised amoeba.
Given the severity of his crimes, and the horrible list of past offences, it was a mistake to let him out.
He was instead allowed to use the car again as a weapon, but this time in a much more deadly and fatal manner.
DA John Chisholm is facing furious questions over why it happened. The spotlight now turns to his controversial campaign for fewer Wisconsin residents in prison despite an unprecedented influx crime in Milwaukee County. Chisholm’s opponents argued that increasing cash bail amounts or abandoning them completely would invariably result in career criminals being instantly released onto the streets to continue their crimes. To disastrous effect, that is exactly what has happened on Waukesha’s streets.
Now, as DA Chisholm confronts furious questions regarding why this occurred, the spotlight has been placed on his controversial campaign, to send fewer Wisconsin residents into prison despite the unprecedented influx in crime in Milwaukee County.
Chisolm reached out to the Vera Institute of Justice. This non-profit organization based in New York works alongside government leaders and civil servants to improve services that people depend on for justice and safety.
According to its website, it opposed cash bail because it penalizes the most vulnerable members of society. It also believes that it leads to an excessive number of suspects from ethnic minorities in prisons while they await trial.
Liberals have been applauding Chisholm’s efforts to lower Milwaukee’s prison population. This was achieved by cutting down the number of individuals held without bail.
Chisolm, through his alliance with Vera said that he wanted to reduce racial inequalities in prisoneration in the mostly white county. Wisconsin is the most prolific nation for black imprisonments.
Nicholas Turner, President of Vera Institute, previously saluted Chisholm’s efforts. He stated: ‘For a long period, prosecutors have defined their self through conviction rates, winning big cases, and getting the big sentences. However, the evidence shows that safety and justice cannot just be obtained by locking people up for long periods of time. The role of the prosecution in this new era is to be redefined. Chisholm argued that the success of prosecutors in decreasing mass imprisonment and attaining racial equality should be compared to their own.
Chisholm’s critics claimed that cutting cash bail or abandoning it altogether would result in career felons being instantly released onto the streets and committing more crimes.
This is exactly what happened in Waukesha. It was a terrible event.
Incrediblely, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, a Democratic Congresswoman from Alexandria, sent yesterday a signed letter by herself and several of her fellow Democrats requesting that excessive bail amounts be lifted for the most vulnerable criminals.
‘When prosecutors seek excessive cash bail,’ she tweeted, ‘it results in increased rates of incarceration — particularly for low-income defendants. More than 75% are not convicted, and they’re held in unsanitary conditions as they don’t have the cash bail. It is unacceptable to allow thousands of people to remain in these conditions while they wait for trial.
Incrediblely, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, a Democratic Congresswoman from Alexandria, sent yesterday a signed letter by herself and several of her fellow Democrats requesting that excessive bail amounts be lifted for the most vulnerable criminals
AOC tweeted: ‘When prosecutors seek excessive cash bail,’ she tweeted, ‘it results in increased rates of incarceration — particularly for low-income defendants. Over 75% of those in custody aren’t convicted and remain in dangerous conditions because they can not afford bail. It is unacceptable to allow thousands of people to remain in these conditions while they wait for trial.
This is the first post Ocasio Cortez made after the Waukesha massacre. It suggests that she either has no clue or is stupendously tone deaf.
Whatever the reason, she chose a timing that was wildly inappropriate for her and provoked a predicably angry response.
Myriad Waukesha families are still grieving the loss of loved ones and praying for recovery.
Their reasoning is that Darrell E. Brooks, a dangerous career criminal, was chosen over the rights to law-abiding Americans by a weak and wilful District Attorney.
This is a disgraceful act and DA Chisholm should resign immediately if he shows any integrity or shame.