If the media is rarely mentioning on what a racist piece of shit this "alleged driver" guy is, how do you two (and a shload of other folks) seem to know all about it?
Also, any journalist who wrote or spoke the words "white nationalist murderer" in relation to Kyle Rittenhouse should not have a job. Or at least would not have a job in any of the newsrooms I've been a part of (and I've worked in some real shitty ones ). I have a hard time believing that an actual journalist (and not just some dipshit talking head) wrote or said such a thing.
The Wisconsin parade suspect was accused of a car attack weeks ago. Here’s why he was out on bail.
Bail set at $5 million for man accused of killing six at Wisconsin parade
Waukesha
County Court Commissioner Kevin M. Costello on Nov. 23 set bail at $5
million for the man suspected of killing six in a Wisconsin Christmas
parade. (Reuters)
The lengthy criminal record of the man accused of driving his SUV into a Christmas parade in Wisconsin — killing six people,
one of them an 8-year-old — has prompted questions about why he was not
in jail that day amid an ongoing debate over cash bail and broader
criminal justice.
Darrell
E. Brooks Jr., 39, was taken into custody this week for the third time
in less than two years. On Tuesday, Court Commissioner Kevin Costello
agreed to a request from prosecutors in Waukesha, Wis., to impose $5
million cash bail, citing Brooks’s past violent offenses, pending cases,
missed court appearances and other factors. He said the
“extraordinarily high” amount of bail was warranted.
“It’s
an extraordinarily serious case with an extraordinary history with this
gentleman of fleeing, of hurting people, of not following court orders,
of not following criminal laws, not following just your societal
norms,” Costello said.
Why was Brooks not in jail on Sunday, the day of the Parade?
In
a case filed this month, Brooks, of Milwaukee, was accused of
assaulting and then running over the mother of his child, sending her to
the hospital. He was booked into the Milwaukee County jail on Nov. 3,
and his cash bond was later set at $1,000.
Brooks
paid the bail on Nov. 11 but did not immediately go free. Instead, he
was taken to the Waukesha County jail on Nov. 16, appeared in court over
the phone in a paternity case and was released, officials said.
During
the hearing in the paternity case, court records show, Brooks said he
had not made a payment because he had been incarcerated in Georgia.
Records from the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office show a string of
similar warrants and paternity-related issues dating back years.
Five
days after he was released, authorities say, Brooks drove into the
Waukesha parade. He was booked back into the Waukesha County jail the
next day.
Brooks
has a criminal record that includes other charges and convictions
spanning more than two decades — a list that includes allegations of
battery, domestic abuse, recklessly endangering others and drug
violations. He was also convicted of a sex crime in Nevada after
impregnating a minor, officials say.
In
an ongoing case filed last year in Milwaukee, Brooks was accused of
firing a shot at his nephew and another person after getting into a
fight with the nephew. He has pleaded not guilty in both open cases in
Milwaukee. An attorney representing him declined to comment this week.
On
Monday, the office of Milwaukee County’s longtime district attorney,
John Chisholm, said that it had requested the $1,000 bail in Brooks’s
case this month but that it now considers the amount “inappropriately
low.” The office said it was reviewing the decision.
“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,” Chisholm’s office said in a
statement.
Chisholm’s
office did not respond to questions about who made the decision and
whether any other bail recommendations were being reviewed.
What kind of bail system does Wisconsin use, and how did it play out for Brooks?
Wisconsin
law requires courts to presume that defendants should be released
without bail and to impose a monetary bond only if they believe it
necessary to ensure that the person shows up to court.
When
new cases emerge, prosecutors review the details, sometimes conduct
interviews and make bail recommendations, said Julius Kim, a former
Milwaukee County assistant district attorney and a criminal defense
lawyer.
Judges
and court commissioners, who are judge-like figures able to set bail
and oversee hearings, do not have to follow those recommendations, said
Kim, who spent seven years with the Milwaukee County district attorney’s
office. But he said prosecutors’ suggestions typically receive a lot of
deference.
Courts
also consider the nature of the charges, a defendant’s criminal history
and other factors before agreeing to a bail amount, said Alexa Van
Brunt, director of the MacArthur Justice Center Clinic at Northwestern
University.
Judges
in Wisconsin can also impose nonmonetary conditions of release meant to
protect community safety, including location monitoring or regular
meetings with a pretrial officer. Some counties use tools that assess
defendants’ risk of committing new crimes or of fleeing the area to
inform their bail decisions.
Edgar
Lin, a Milwaukee-based defense attorney, said court records show that
officials correctly identified Brooks as high-risk in early November
because of the new allegations of violence against him and past
instances of not showing up for court. But, Lin said, “there was an
error” in the amount of bail that was set.
Kim
agreed that the bail sought for Brooks this month was low “given his
entire background” and the new charges. He said that Chisholm’s office
had been progressive in recognizing that certain cases did not require
high bail, but that it still recommends higher bail for people accused
of violent crimes. This case, he said, appeared to be an outlier.
But
Van Brunt, who litigates civil cases designed to promote changes to the
criminal legal system, said the purpose of bail is not to detain
defendants. If prosecutors believed Brooks was dangerous, she argued,
they should have requested a pretrial detention hearing to present that
case and see whether the court agrees.
Ring camera shows Waukesha parade suspect's arrest
Darrell
E. Brooks Jr., the suspect accused of plowing through a parade in
Waukesha, Wis., was captured in a Ring doorbell camera before his arrest
on Nov. 21. (Daniel Rider / TMX)
What’s the status of the national movement for bail changes?
A
growing movement questions the practice of requiring defendants to post
monetary bail to ensure that they appear at their court hearings. A few
states — including California, Illinois and New Jersey — and several other jurisdictions have limited or eradicated cash bail in recent years in response to concerns that the tool disproportionately keeps poor defendants and racial minorities imprisoned before trial.
Many
of those jurisdictions now use risk assessments to decide whether to
detain defendants or release them without a monetary requirement. Those
tools, which consider previous offenses and the defendant’s likelihood
of being a flight risk, are themselves controversial: Some advocates
have expressed concern that racial and socioeconomic biases are baked
into them.
Bail-change
advocates argue that court systems should err on the side of releasing
defendants, who are presumed innocent. Van Brunt said pretrial detention
increases a person’s likelihood of committing another crime by
stripping them of jobs, educational opportunities or custody of their
children. Defendants who are held are more likely to plead guilty, even
if they did not commit the offense, Van Brunt said, because they want to
get out of jail.
How may Brooks’s situation affect the bail debate?
The
conversation about bail in Wisconsin has centered on limiting cash
bail, rather than eliminating it, said Nate Gilliam, director of
organizing and policy analysis at the Milwaukee Freedom Fund, which
advocates for ending pretrial detention and cash bail. Gilliam said he
had not seen politicians using Brooks to argue against releasing more
defendants before trial, but he said he expected the parade deaths to
become a talking point in that debate.
Other
advocates said they also expect the incident, which they framed as an
outlier, to slow or stop efforts to reduce detention.
“Pointing
to one incident is not reflective of what is happening on a systemic
level,” Van Brunt said. “At a systemic level, when you get away from
cash bond and do more evidence-based pretrial release, public safety is
actually protected by that because people go back to their communities,
they go back to their jobs, they go back to supporting their families.”
Alice Crites and Kim Bellware contributed to this report.
What to know about the Waukesha Christmas parade crash
The latest: In Waukesha, Wis., six people are dead and more than 40 are injured after an SUV plowed into a crowd at a Christmas parade on Sunday.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
If the media is rarely mentioning on what a racist piece of shit this "alleged driver" guy is, how do you two (and a shload of other folks) seem to know all about it?
Also, any journalist who wrote or spoke the words "white nationalist murderer" in relation to Kyle Rittenhouse should not have a job. Or at least would not have a job in any of the newsrooms I've been a part of (and I've worked in some real shitty ones ). I have a hard time believing that an actual journalist (and not just some dipshit talking head) wrote or said such a thing.
Keeping lookig for both sides here. Anyone supporting what this guy did or trying to call it self defense? You guys are trying to make it sound like just because the non-news douche bags aren't berating this guy non-stop that the left is covering this up or hiding it. The difference is idiots on the right who aren't news sources are taken as the news so when non-news sources on the left are just as dumb, the right tries to claim samesies, only it isn't supported by the masses of liberals who actually have half a brain. It's not even comparable.
The truth of the matter is a common sense liberal thinks both of them are pieces of shit while the conservative consensus is that Kyle should be rewarded with millions in defamation lawsuits, given a job in government and be celebrated for defending himself. It's gross. But yeah, all the same.
Wow. Someone actually set up a GoFundMe for this piece of shit?
Wow, you're really going down some rabbit holes about this ass clown.
Rabbit hole? It was news.
It doesn’t surprise me, there’s enough creeps out there to support anyone. A mom in my kid’s class works in the correctional facility and told me James Holmes (Aurora movie shooter) gets tons of fan mail, mostly women. They took the GoFundMe page down before any donations were made. I wish they left it up they gave the money to the families, but that’s probably illegal.
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The Wisconsin parade suspect was accused of a car attack weeks ago. Here’s why he was out on bail.
The lengthy criminal record of the man accused of driving his SUV into a Christmas parade in Wisconsin — killing six people, one of them an 8-year-old — has prompted questions about why he was not in jail that day amid an ongoing debate over cash bail and broader criminal justice.
Darrell E. Brooks Jr., 39, was taken into custody this week for the third time in less than two years. On Tuesday, Court Commissioner Kevin Costello agreed to a request from prosecutors in Waukesha, Wis., to impose $5 million cash bail, citing Brooks’s past violent offenses, pending cases, missed court appearances and other factors. He said the “extraordinarily high” amount of bail was warranted.
“It’s an extraordinarily serious case with an extraordinary history with this gentleman of fleeing, of hurting people, of not following court orders, of not following criminal laws, not following just your societal norms,” Costello said.
What to know
Why was Brooks not in jail on Sunday, the day of the Parade?
In a case filed this month, Brooks, of Milwaukee, was accused of assaulting and then running over the mother of his child, sending her to the hospital. He was booked into the Milwaukee County jail on Nov. 3, and his cash bond was later set at $1,000.
Brooks paid the bail on Nov. 11 but did not immediately go free. Instead, he was taken to the Waukesha County jail on Nov. 16, appeared in court over the phone in a paternity case and was released, officials said.
During the hearing in the paternity case, court records show, Brooks said he had not made a payment because he had been incarcerated in Georgia. Records from the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office show a string of similar warrants and paternity-related issues dating back years.
What we know about the suspect accused of killing 5 in Wisconsin parade
Five days after he was released, authorities say, Brooks drove into the Waukesha parade. He was booked back into the Waukesha County jail the next day.
Brooks has a criminal record that includes other charges and convictions spanning more than two decades — a list that includes allegations of battery, domestic abuse, recklessly endangering others and drug violations. He was also convicted of a sex crime in Nevada after impregnating a minor, officials say.
In an ongoing case filed last year in Milwaukee, Brooks was accused of firing a shot at his nephew and another person after getting into a fight with the nephew. He has pleaded not guilty in both open cases in Milwaukee. An attorney representing him declined to comment this week.
On Monday, the office of Milwaukee County’s longtime district attorney, John Chisholm, said that it had requested the $1,000 bail in Brooks’s case this month but that it now considers the amount “inappropriately low.” The office said it was reviewing the decision.
“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,” Chisholm’s office said in a statement.
Chisholm’s office did not respond to questions about who made the decision and whether any other bail recommendations were being reviewed.
Child is sixth to die after SUV slammed into parade in Wisconsin, prosecutor says
What kind of bail system does Wisconsin use, and how did it play out for Brooks?
Wisconsin law requires courts to presume that defendants should be released without bail and to impose a monetary bond only if they believe it necessary to ensure that the person shows up to court.
When new cases emerge, prosecutors review the details, sometimes conduct interviews and make bail recommendations, said Julius Kim, a former Milwaukee County assistant district attorney and a criminal defense lawyer.
Judges and court commissioners, who are judge-like figures able to set bail and oversee hearings, do not have to follow those recommendations, said Kim, who spent seven years with the Milwaukee County district attorney’s office. But he said prosecutors’ suggestions typically receive a lot of deference.
Courts also consider the nature of the charges, a defendant’s criminal history and other factors before agreeing to a bail amount, said Alexa Van Brunt, director of the MacArthur Justice Center Clinic at Northwestern University.
Judges in Wisconsin can also impose nonmonetary conditions of release meant to protect community safety, including location monitoring or regular meetings with a pretrial officer. Some counties use tools that assess defendants’ risk of committing new crimes or of fleeing the area to inform their bail decisions.
Edgar Lin, a Milwaukee-based defense attorney, said court records show that officials correctly identified Brooks as high-risk in early November because of the new allegations of violence against him and past instances of not showing up for court. But, Lin said, “there was an error” in the amount of bail that was set.
Kim agreed that the bail sought for Brooks this month was low “given his entire background” and the new charges. He said that Chisholm’s office had been progressive in recognizing that certain cases did not require high bail, but that it still recommends higher bail for people accused of violent crimes. This case, he said, appeared to be an outlier.
But Van Brunt, who litigates civil cases designed to promote changes to the criminal legal system, said the purpose of bail is not to detain defendants. If prosecutors believed Brooks was dangerous, she argued, they should have requested a pretrial detention hearing to present that case and see whether the court agrees.
What’s the status of the national movement for bail changes?
A growing movement questions the practice of requiring defendants to post monetary bail to ensure that they appear at their court hearings. A few states — including California, Illinois and New Jersey — and several other jurisdictions have limited or eradicated cash bail in recent years in response to concerns that the tool disproportionately keeps poor defendants and racial minorities imprisoned before trial.
Many of those jurisdictions now use risk assessments to decide whether to detain defendants or release them without a monetary requirement. Those tools, which consider previous offenses and the defendant’s likelihood of being a flight risk, are themselves controversial: Some advocates have expressed concern that racial and socioeconomic biases are baked into them.
Bail-change advocates argue that court systems should err on the side of releasing defendants, who are presumed innocent. Van Brunt said pretrial detention increases a person’s likelihood of committing another crime by stripping them of jobs, educational opportunities or custody of their children. Defendants who are held are more likely to plead guilty, even if they did not commit the offense, Van Brunt said, because they want to get out of jail.
How may Brooks’s situation affect the bail debate?
The conversation about bail in Wisconsin has centered on limiting cash bail, rather than eliminating it, said Nate Gilliam, director of organizing and policy analysis at the Milwaukee Freedom Fund, which advocates for ending pretrial detention and cash bail. Gilliam said he had not seen politicians using Brooks to argue against releasing more defendants before trial, but he said he expected the parade deaths to become a talking point in that debate.
Other advocates said they also expect the incident, which they framed as an outlier, to slow or stop efforts to reduce detention.
“Pointing to one incident is not reflective of what is happening on a systemic level,” Van Brunt said. “At a systemic level, when you get away from cash bond and do more evidence-based pretrial release, public safety is actually protected by that because people go back to their communities, they go back to their jobs, they go back to supporting their families.”
Alice Crites and Kim Bellware contributed to this report.
What to know about the Waukesha Christmas parade crash
The latest: In Waukesha, Wis., six people are dead and more than 40 are injured after an SUV plowed into a crowd at a Christmas parade on Sunday.
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Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
The truth of the matter is a common sense liberal thinks both of them are pieces of shit while the conservative consensus is that Kyle should be rewarded with millions in defamation lawsuits, given a job in government and be celebrated for defending himself. It's gross. But yeah, all the same.
They took the GoFundMe page down before any donations were made. I wish they left it up they gave the money to the families, but that’s probably illegal.