Posted on 02/11/2022 11:45:59 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
WAUKESHA, WI (AP) — A Milwaukee man accused of killing six people and injuring dozens more when he drove an SUV through a suburban Christmas parade pleaded not guilty Friday to scores of criminal charges.
Darrell Brooks Jr., 39, entered the pleas to 77 charges, including six counts of homicide and multiple counts of reckless endangerment, during a court appearance that lasted less than five minutes. Brooks’ attorneys filed for a change of venue in the case on Thursday, but it’s not clear when that motion will be considered. He remains jailed on $5 million bail.
Last month, court Commissioner Kevin Costello said prosecutors had presented “ample” evidence to show Brooks probably committed felonies and ordered him to stand trial.
During the preliminary hearing, police detective Thomas Casey testified that he and other officers yelled at Brooks to stop as he drove the SUV through the parade in downtown Waukesha on Nov. 21.
He described how the vehicle zigzagged across the street for blocks, smashing into marchers from behind and running them over. He said Brooks injured 61 people, including the six people he killed.
Brooks’ attorney, public defender Anna Kees, maintained that he couldn’t turn off the parade route because the side streets were barricaded and full of spectators. She noted, too, that he told detectives that he didn’t mean to kill anyone and couldn’t bring himself to look when detectives showed him photos of the carnage.
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"Brooks’ attorney, public defender Anna Kees, maintained that he couldn’t turn off the parade route because the side streets were barricaded and full of spectators."
Say WHAT? Um. He could have STOPPED!
So glad this idiot is in charge of his defense. I guess that's one small blessing in all of this carnage. :(
BLM terrorist. Hang him.
Looking for a plea deal?
There’s a man involved ? All the media said it was an SUV that did the killing. Not the genocidal racist lunatic/BLM/Antifa career criminal just released from prison by a Soros Party leftist puppet.
Perp got himself a haircut for court. Or maybe he was deloused. Please note: no HATE CRIMES FILED, though his FB page was filled with 'Kill Whitey' BS.
Darrell Brooks shared pro-Hitler memes, called for violence against white people
The ex-con charged over the deaths of six people at a Wisconsin Christmas parade shared social media posts calling for violence against white people — and suggesting “Hitler was right” for killing Jews.
Darrell Brooks Jr. — who has a decades-long rap sheet — shared a series of disturbing memes and messages on social media, most of which have been deleted since his arrest for Sunday’s deadly carnage.
They included numerous posts attacking cops, comparing them to Ku Klux Klan members and calling them “violent street gangs” — as well as calling for violence toward white people, according to screenshots.
https://nypost.com/2021/11/24/darrell-brooks-called-for-violence-against-white-people/
Just never call it a massacre
Or a Hate Crime
That would be Waciss
Wisconsin doesn’t hang people.
I’m not sure if they even have the death penalty.
He will not be punished as severely as he deserves.
He’s guilty-get a rope…
NB:There are several versions of Judge Roy Bean's words in this case and also the person who he was passing judgment upon.
Big to do, then out on time served.
Off with his head!!
How very odd that race is never mentioned when the perp is black and the victims are White./sarc
He should have done his crime in Minnesota. He’d be out on no bail and the cops would already have been convicted.
They do not have the death penalty. They don’t even have remand. That’s why they had to set the bail amount so high.
In some countries the wire wrists and ankles and throw them to the hogs.
Curiously enough those countries don’t have our problems.
“In some countries the wire wrists and ankles and throw them to the hogs.”
They know how to eliminate them
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