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"An 8-year-old boy became the sixth person to die Tuesday as a result of [Darrell Brooks Jr.] driving his SUV into a suburban Milwaukee Christmas parade, with a criminal complaint alleging that the suspect in the case steered side-to-side with the intent of striking marchers and spectators." (source: https://apnews.com/article/milwaukee-00641efceaf200ce2c3fbf5e5200be13)
This wasn't an accident; it was intentional:
"He had been free on $1,000 bail for a case in Milwaukee County earlier in November in which he’s accused of intentionally striking a woman with his car."
"Brooks is accused of speeding away from police and entering the Waukesha Christmas parade on Sunday night, refusing to stop even as an officer banged on the hood of his SUV. Another officer fired three shots into the vehicle, but it did not stop."
There are GoFundMes for five of the six victims:
Kohnke Family
https://www.gofundme.com/f/waukesha-parade-car-attack-amber
Perales Family
https://www.gofundme.com/f/waukesha-parade-tragedy-perales-family
Sparks Family
https://www.gofundme.com/f/waukesha-parade-attack-sparks-family
McCarthy Family
https://www.gofundme.com/f/julia-waukesha-parade-victim
Perez Diaz Family
https://www.gofundme.com/f/waukesha-parade-tragedy-perez-diaz-family
RFT42
"crash"
Ragabash1
Family decided it was too cold to go down that night, friends son came out of surgery with and rod and some screws in his leg.
drestinblack
Domestic Terrorist - I hope he pleads guilty and/or Epstein’s himself to save us the money housing his racist ass in jail for a lifetime
rongoins1
what is wrong with these people
kingrd
So much wrong with all of this
drunkenninja835
JJ Watt is paying for all costs for the families
Volpe42
1k bail?
misterwelshman
They need to throw all these murderers, terrorists, rapist, pardons, racists, etc into a really deep pit to rot.
VeryEnthusiasticWalksThroughtheWoods
Fuck man, after all the shit this year they were having a nice parade and this shit bag goes and ruins it and kills ppl. Traumitize the kids
craycray606
DEATH PENALTY NOW!!!
Zaruzen
What is up with the thing he is wearing in the picture_
vjmurph
Suicide suit. Keeps people from hanging ghemselves with clothing.
Zaruzen
Thank you
christinthefoothills
This guy seems to have been mayhem personified for most of his life. What the fuck happened to him to make him such a relentless POS?
eightyearplan
professionals should seriously investigate, could be as simple as lead water and football.. but maybe develop a treatment, therapy, or
eightyearplan
policy recommendation that could help & help prevent many others.. but these are the answers you don't get from dungeons and execution.
BearsDontCare
Thats a turtle suit, dude tried to commit suicide
UserSubImgurian
I see so many posts on imgur about how prisons should be abolished. Which one is it, lock him up or let him go? I'm so confused.
Tobecontinued1992
What is he wearing?
drunkenninja835
JJ Watt is paying for all costs for the families
ButterflySuicide2018
Cruel and unusual punishment should be legal and encouraged. We should invent new ways to torture this guy forever.
BastardMan1977
That dude is a genuine human piece of shit.
ChiliBeef
Well, he definitely looks like real winner, doesn't he?
TheWinterBagel
Is he though? I don't think so. To me he looks more like a giant pile of shit sculpted into a vaguely human shape.
TheMightyMoto
Fucked up shit this is, just plead guilty and get life and have it done.
gracefalls
This is a capital punishment case if I've ever seen one
TheMightyMoto
No death penalty in Wisconsin.
xcv330
Why is he wearing a u-haul blanket?
TrueLegateDamar
So he doesn't kill himself with it
brokenheartboozebullets
One of very few cases where the absence of dout calls for stoning by all the secondary victims. Your loved one was murdered? You get two1/2
brokenheartboozebullets
*doubt
brokenheartboozebullets
halves of a brick for your free-throws.
magister333350
Throw the cunt in general population. Everyone else will know what that means. Then lose the body. Filth does not deserve a grave.
HiddenSanity
Don't ask prisoners to be your executioner.
thekeglad
What’s the ninja costume about?
SLCtechie
It’s a turtle suit. It’s the only clothes allowed to inmates who make suicidal claims or attempts.
thekeglad
?
bourbonandbaddecisions
Anti suicide.
thekeglad
Thanks
illiterateapple
Another one of the go fund me https://www.gofundme.com/f/9ks384-kenziestrong
everdaynormalguy
Sorry a go fund me to defend him?
everdaynormalguy
Nevermind, clicked the link
chapman1894
Why are they calling it a crash? Makes it sound like it was accidental instead of intentional murder.
SchwiftyGameOnPoint
Am I the only one who thinks if you INTENTIONALLY hit someone with your vehicle all vehicles you own should be perma-booted or taken away?
Fokker45
No, they would drive anyway . Perhaps life in jail. This guy should have been tried yesterday and execution followed.
frustratedITguy
Judge gave him that low ass bail. Fuck that judge.
schizznatt
The prosecution sought that amount, if I read correctly. It is the prosecution that erred.
JorgeLourenco
If you intentionally hit people with your car, you should be permanently booted.
sandwichmunchies
replace the word vehicle with gun and add the word licensing
OddSoull
Well most of these kinds of people will find something to drive illegally anyway
venomlash
Maybe something like a red flag law. If you're charged with a vehicle attack, you gotta hand over the keys pending trial.
frustratedITguy
How about violent offenders get high ass bail.
buckwin
No bail.
Tairu8
I agree. Problem is plenty of people who aren’t supposed to be driving do it anyway. Pretty easy to get access to a vehicle.
NVGoddesscottage
Right? Honestly Domestic violence should get you jailed period given the connection to community violence.
whatsisname
Little reason not to do it even if not intentionally. 36,000 people are killed in traffic violence yearly, 36,000 that are all preventable.
TempestRose
Here in Florida it is legal. As long as they are [BLM] protestors you're free to run them over. Intentionally. Not even joking, sadly.
apistia
Let me tell you about Kenosha Wisconsin...
vjmurph
After you are found guilty at trial or enter a guilty plea, maybe. On an allegation? No.
secondgoaround
Thing is, criminals don’t follow law.
MrTay
Who doesn’t think that… there’s just the whole innocent before proven guilty and reasonable bail thing.
CheapReusableProduce
No, his point is he did it a few weeks ago. Hit someone with a car intentionally
SerialChickenLover
It’s because people think that, that we have innocence before proven guilt and protection against unreasonable bail.
Mechwarrior719
He was already out on bail (well, bond). Be surprised if he’s given bail now.
rl42868
I think its was set a 5 million this time
Account3577
Is it reasonable to offer bail to an attempted murderer?
CooCooCaChew
Sure happens all the time. I mean there's an entire industry built up around bail in the US of A so it's fiiiiiiiiiiiiIIIIIIiiiiiiine. /s
MinimumContributor
Not when he had outstanding warrants elsewhere.
imsam77
1k bail...welp there's the system working?
iAlwaysUpvoteMN
System works great!!
DianNaoChong
Cash bail is an antiquated way of fucking people over. Higher Bail wouldn't have stopped this.
wtfylat
1k bail for a different case.
imsam77
Right, like...he was release on bail and this happened. So if he wasn't released...this might not have happened.
wtfylat
Sounds like he's needed a drug/mental health intervention for a long time. Maybe in a civilised country he wouldn't have reached this point
imsam77
Yeah, we need better mental health evaluation and treatment.
ACMech
Ironically just as AOC introduced reducing/ getting rid of bail
CorrugatedUrethra1995
And with good reason. Someone awaiting trial in jail should be based on whether or not they're a flight risk or threat, not money.
ACMech
Well that didn’t exactly work in this case.
CorrugatedUrethra1995
It wasn't applied in this case. The problem was that bail was set at all. He was clearly violent and should have awaited trial in jail.
CrimeBrulee
There's been a big push and even some legislation to cap bond amounts low; that's in addition to increased scrutiny on holding 1/2
CrimeBrulee
People in jail pending trial. It's an overcorrection and this is one of the outcomes.
CrimeBrulee
Note this isnt to say CJR isn't important, just that it's a process.
Ponderpoo
I'm out on a $50,000 bond for spray painting a confederate statue.
imsam77
Clearly vandalism is worse then vehicular manslaughter. /s
frustratedITguy
Yep, fuck that Judge that gave him a low ass bail.
ALRidgeRunner
Judge's only exercise the authority they have. Blame the Legislature for limiting it so low.
ALRidgeRunner
In my state, the MAX a Judge can do on a Misdemeanor is $1k. He simply doesn't have the authority to make it higher. Blame the legislature.
DTNemes
Isn't the bail amount set depending on the estimated risk of fleeing, or atleast the reason for it.
BlueWater321
Covid lowered many it seems
Osicat
What is bail and Why do it exist in us? In my country you can’t pay to be free. Is this the American freedom thingy you talk about?
nemo3590
Basically it's collateral that you use to promise you'll show up to court. The more likely you are to run, the higher the bail.
ronlybonly
Bail in the US is in place of pre-trial detention. Before the trial, they are presumed innocent. Bail is to ensure they show up for court.
ronlybonly
The nature of the crime, the likelihood of failing to appear, and the amount of evidence all affect if bail is an option and how much.
EmporerDragon
It's not paying to be free as much as it is paying to not be in jail between arrest and trial and is collateral promising not to flee.
MatthewWebster
He shouldn't have gotten bail. The price is irrelevant
Zigmunth
white supremacy and... wait what? he's not white? ooops :D
thatsrigged
Let's say unequal Justice for the crime
Rayxzerox
congratz on dragging up a point no one present was making. Why do it here? You clearly don't need anyone's help fighting that strawman.
Ratfish
Please stick with the narrative. Thank you.
shinagami091
Ah ok so we’re only allowed to talk when it’s in favor of a certain belief system. Gotcha
shawnemack
Seriously. He has a long criminal history, ran over his child’s mother with his card, and wasn’t remanded? Wtf?
kookyabird
Accused of attempting to hit her with his car* Without actual damage to cite why would his vehicle be taken away?
shawnemack
Not attempting, he did hit her with his car. And he was out on bail at that time too.
shawnemack
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/22/us/what-we-know-about-suspect-in-waukesha-parade-tragedy/index.html
scottheduck
With an active warrant in another state. It doesn't get more "obvious flight risk," than that.
Chikun31
I think it had something to do with the courts being busy at the time and not being able to fulfill his right to a speedy trial. I *think*.
Magjee
...what!?
kookyabird
Suuuuuuper busy. They're backed up to the end of 2022.
RickySlade01
This is why we need a death penalty...why do we need this guy alive on this planet anymore?
ensensu
Exactly why I wonder about the suicide/self harm prevention tunic. It cuts down on weaponizing one's own, possibly infectious, blood yes.
ensensu
But, why have a person carry out a state sanctioned murder to punish a murderer and say that murder is wrong?
ensensu
The last governing body that oversaw his punishment has explicitly allowed this very crime to occur through their sheer incompetence.
Tokomek
We didn't need him alive after the child rape alone.
Volpe42
I mean, would be a ringer for death race...
DianNaoChong
Because the death penalty is used to silence voices you should hear and kill innocent people. Also it's more expensive than life in prison.
AquaLungman
The death penalty has killed more innocents than it has punished the guilty. Killing him wont bring back the dead. We need to fix society.
Yacobs21
I get what you're saying, but I really don't trust this court system to make that decision well
Chikun31
Life in prison and the death penalty both remove him from society forever. Killing him would just be vengeance.
Tokomek
And vengeance helps victims with coping.
thewiggins
this fucker is not going to last long in prison, some shit gives cred, killing kids gets you dead
Arcygenical
People like him make me rethink my stance on the whole death penalty thing. Dissonance is such an awkward and aversive emotion.
Sumpte
They shouldn’t. Thinking someone deserves to die for a crime is not the same as thinking the death penalty is a good idea.
Arcygenical
I appreciate that. And I agree.
autocorrectfailures
Because people like this will keep cropping up until we learn from them. Gotta study them to fix em!
QuickINeedAName
*prevent
RickySlade01
Good point, any death sentence has mandatory body donation to science. ..study away!
autocorrectfailures
I suppose we should just skip the trial and execute them immediately when the cops catch him?
RickySlade01
in cases like this...where there is video and multiple witnesses of someone mass killing...yes, straight to the gallows
orbat
Doesn't take much for your type of person to start braying for summary executions. So we trust the police now, do we?
autocorrectfailures
Sorry kid, that's not how any of this works. Even the worst people get their day in court.
SpiteLip
so a corp-owned prison can make money off his incarceration and labor.
Volpe42
I don't think the prisons are the ones that pushed for no death penalty. They can probably charge for that too
SpiteLip
I know they absolutely profit and lobby for laws that increase recidivism, so wouldn't put it past them.
Sumpte
It costs more to hold someone on death row than it does to just leave them in prison.
Thesaya
I can't believe you would trust a system that let this guy out on bail to handle the death penalty correctly.
thewiggins
so much this
murderhobbit
Very good point
MrTay
Because a life of solitary confinement is a worse punishment than death, there’s a reason innocent people kill themselves waiting just 1/
MrTay
Waiting to go to court to be released. It’s miserable constantly freezing in a concrete box always lit with harsh fluorescent lighting
yazmatazz
Sorry but I dont want to be paying for that, not saying that some dont deserve it but theres better places to spend tax money
MrTay
I get that view. My problem is prosecutors have one job and that’s to convict. Not rightfully convict. They will try to obscure, block, 1/
MrTay
Omit any any evidence that goes against their case. Their is very little will or incentive to figure out the truth. The death sentence 2/
FiveShiftOne
Death penalty is more expensive to the taxpayer. How about we just don't?