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The Waukesha parade massacre suspect, Darrell Brooks Jr., was in court on Nov. 23, 2021, where he was charged with five counts of first-degree intentional homicide. A 6th victim has died, Jackson Brooks , 8, so he will be charged with a sixth count. At least 60 people were injured when Brooks plowed into the crowd at the Waukesha Christmas parade, authorities say. Darrell Brooks' Criminal Complaint   [gallery size="full" columns="1" td_select_gallery_slide="slide" td_gallery_title_input="Darrell Brooks Criminal Complaint" ids="45126,45127,45128,45129,45130"] Waukesha County District Attorney Sue Opper said in court that Brooks has a criminal record in three states: Wisconsin, Georgia, and Nevada. Brooks is a registered sex offender in Nevada, she said, but he’s been non-compliant with that state’s sex offender registry since 2016, and there is an active warrant for his arrest there as a result. She said he was also arrest

Serious felony charges didn't keep him in jail and a "congested" court system delayed trial. Now it turns out that Darrell Brooks got in trouble in Georgia but remained out on $500 bail from Milwaukee County. It keeps getting worse. It turns out that Waukesha parade suspect Darrell Brooks was arrested in Georgia for battery (family violence) in May 2021 - WHILE he was out on $500 in a Milwaukee felony shooting case. Yet nothing happened to him here; in fact, even after he was accused of a new felony in Milwaukee County a few days before the Waukesha parade attack - for running a woman over in a gas station - Brooks was released again, this time on $1,000 bail. That's not all. It turns out that Brooks was also wanted on an active warrant out of Nevada since 2016 for being a non-compliant registered sex offender. Both of these revelations came up in court on Nov. 23, 2021, as District Attorney Sue Opper argued successfully for a $5 million bail against Brooks.

Milwaukee County DA John Chisholm’s office has failed to protect public safety well before the Darrell Brooks case. He refused to prosecute about 60% of felony charges last year. The jail population has plummeted, despite rising crime. Furthermore, when we confronted him with questions in the courthouse hallway, he admitted backlogs in his office and revealed that the system has been sending thousands of offenders "summons" to show up in court, instead of booking them into the jail. We've got it on audio. Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm is trying to pretend the low bail for Waukesha parade suspect Darrell Brooks was an aberration. However, Wisconsin Right Now has repeatedly demonstrated over the past year through investigative stories (rounded up below) how his office - and other Democratic leaders in Wisconsin - have endangered public safety by not holding repeat criminals accountable. The Democratic DA's soft-on-crime approach has escalat

"Is there going to be an individual I divert, or I put into treatment program, who's going to go out and kill somebody?" - Milwaukee County DA John Chisholm Milwaukee County DA John Chisholm "guaranteed" that his diversion approach to the criminal justice system would result in someone being killed. That was years before the Waukesha Christmas Parade massacre with a repeat offender who was released on bail so low even the DA himself now says it was inappropriate . But back in 2007, he promised his approach to the criminal justice system would result in someone going out and killing somebody. Five people died and 48 people were injured in the Waukesha Christmas Parade horror. "Is there going to be an individual I divert, or I put into treatment program, who's going to go out and kill somebody?" John Chisholm said in a 2007 interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . "You bet. Guaranteed. It's guaranteed to happen. It does not

On the evening of Nov. 21, 2021, shortly after the Waukesha Christmas parade massacre happened, Milwaukee BLM activist Vaun Mayes went to the scene and declared on livestream video: "It's possible the revolution has started in Wisconsin." At least five people were killed and more than 48 injured in the parade horror. While there, Wisconsin Right Now's Jim Piwowarcyk observed several Milwaukee BLM activists, some of whom have ties to the "Peoples Revolution," a BLM organization, arrive on the scene. We overheard the activists saying they had just arrived from Kenosha while protesting over the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict continued. We observed Milwaukee community activist, Vaun Mayes, live streaming over Facebook from the scene when he stated, "It sounds possible that the revolution has started in Wisconsin' He further said, "I said I wasn’t going to speak on no rumors. Y'all are repeating some of the stuff that, you know, that has c

On the evening of Nov. 21, 2021, shortly after the Waukesha Christmas parade massacre happened, Milwaukee BLM activist Vaun Mayes went to the scene and declared on livestream video: "It's possible the revolution has started in Wisconsin." At least five people were killed and more than 48 injured in the parade horror. While there, Wisconsin Right Now's Jim Piwowarcyk observed several Milwaukee BLM activists, some of whom have ties to the "Peoples Revolution," a BLM organization, arrive on the scene. We overheard the activists saying they had just arrived from Kenosha while protesting over the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict continued. We observed Milwaukee community activist, Vaun Mayes, live streaming over Facebook from the scene when he stated, "It sounds possible that the revolution has started in Wisconsin' He further said, "I said I wasn’t going to speak on no rumors. Y'all are repeating some of the stuff that, you know, that has c

Tucker and Jackson Sparks are among the child survivors of the Waukesha parade attack, but Jackson, 8, "needs a miracle," a GoFundMe page for the family says. They are among the 48 victims and survivors of the attack; five people died. "Tucker and Jackson Sparks were among the seriously injured yesterday at the Waukesha parade. Both are members of the Waukesha Blazers Baseball Team," Land O' Lakes baseball team wrote on Facebook. Here's how you can help the Sparks family: The GoFundMe page for them reads, "My name is Alyssa and I am the niece of Aaron and Sheri Sparks, who have been impacted by the horrific events at the Waukesha Christmas Parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin on Sunday, November 21, 2021. While attending the Waukesha Christmas parade, an SUV tragically entered the parade route and struck 40 victims. Two of those victims were children, Tucker (age 12) and Jackson (age 8) Sparks. The entire family is devastated and their parents,