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Lincoln fucked up when he failed to send the black animals back to Africa.

Waukesha police identified Darrell E. Brooks Jr. as the suspect
in the Christmas parade incident that killed six people and
injured more than 60 others.

Brooks, 40, is facing six counts of first-degree intentional
homicide and 71 other charges in the attack. His trial is
scheduled to begin Oct. 3, 2022.

More:Darrell Brooks Jr. will represent himself at the upcoming
Waukesha Christmas Parade trial, judge rules

Here is what we know about him:

Background on Darrell Brooks in Milwaukee
Brooks lived in the Rufus King neighborhood on Milwaukee’s north
side. He has family in Waukesha County.

A Wisconsin woman who had a child with Brooks described him as
an absent father who is “not involved in our lives in any
capacity.”

Neighbors said they frequently saw Brooks and his car parked
outside his home but rarely interacted with him beyond a quick
hello.

What we know about Darrell Brooks' early life
In a 2007 letter to a Nevada judge, Brooks described growing up
in Milwaukee without a father and being raised by his mother,
who he said had strong Christian faith. Some of his other family
members struggled with substance abuse, he wrote.

He said he had avoided the "street life," but many of his
friends never made it past 17, either dying or being imprisoned.

Brooks described having mental health problems starting at age
11 after his grandmother died.

"I was sent to a mental health hospital at 12, and was told I
was bipolar, manic depressive and severely depressed," he wrote.
"I attempted suicide numerous times after my grandma died, and I
still get suicidal to this day. I've been taking medication
since 12. My mom thinks I need to be put back in a hospital an
(sic) re-evaluated."

More:Wisconsin horror: Timeline of SUV driver's destructive path
along Waukesha parade route

In a letter released after the parade attack, Brooks' mother
also cited his mental health problems, saying he had done well
with treatment when he was young.

"When mental illness is not properly treated the person becomes
sicker and sicker. It doesn't go away once a person becomes an
adult," she wrote. "We are not making excuses but we believe
what has happened is because he was not given the help and
resources he needed."

What preceded the Waukesha Christma Parade attack
Waukesha Police Chief Dan Thompson said Brooks was involved in a
“domestic disturbance” before he drove into the parade route.

Thompson said a police chase did not precede the car plowing
into a crowd of paradegoers and there was no sign the event was
an act of domestic terrorism.

Darrell Brooks was accused of running someone over with his car
weeks before the Waukesha Christmas Parade attack
Brooks’ prior criminal history includes two instances where
someone was run over, or thought they were about to be, while
Brooks was behind the wheel.

According to court records:

In 2011, Brooks was pulled over for not wearing a seat belt in
Milwaukee. He initially gave police a false name, and when an
officer asked him again to identify himself, Brooks turned on
his vehicle and put it in drive.

The officer feared Brooks was going to run him over, so he
jumped in the vehicle with Brooks and wrestled for control of
the car as it moved. Eventually, the officer was able to stop
the car and remove the keys, but Brooks ran off.

He was later found hiding in a children’s playhouse. Police used
pepper spray and a Taser on him twice while trying to restrain
him.

Brooks pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge in that case.

More:Five people who died Sunday in Waukesha Christmas Parade
all served others with their talents

Less than three weeks before the Waukesha incident, on Nov. 2,
Brooks visited a woman who was staying at an American Inn in
Milwaukee. He knocked on the door while yelling and using
profanity.

The woman answered and tried moving past Brooks, but he snatched
her phone and drove off with it.

Later, when the woman was walking to a gas station in the 7300
block of West Capitol Drive, Brooks rolled up near her and
demanded she get in the car. She refused and he punched her in
the face.

The woman then began walking away, but Brooks ran her over with
his car in the parking lot of the gas station. She was
hospitalized for her injuries.

Brooks was charged with two felonies, including second-degree
recklessly endangering safety, and three misdemeanors, including
battery and disorderly conduct with domestic abuse assessments.

Brooks posted a $1,000 cash bail and was released Nov. 16,
according to the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office. The bail,
which was recommended by prosecutors, was called
“inappropriately low” given the nature of the charges, according
to a statement from the Milwaukee County District Attorney's
Office.

When was Darrell Brooks last in custody before the Waukesha
Christmas Parade?
Brooks' mother posted the $1,000 bail on Nov. 11. Brooks was
released from Milwaukee County Jail on Nov. 16.

From there, he was immediately taken into the custody of the
Waukesha County Sheriff's Department, where he had a hold in a
child-support paternity case, according to the Milwaukee County
Sheriff's Office.

He was booked in Waukesha County and released that same day,
Nov. 16, the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department confirmed.

Darrell Brooks has a lengthy criminal history
Since 1999, Brooks has been charged with 10 crimes, beginning
with a felony count of inflicting substantial bodily harm
against another person. Brooks was 17 at the time and pleaded
guilty.

In 2012, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor and felony counts of
possession of THC, along with a count of bail jumping, in
separate cases.

In July 2020, Brooks was charged with two felony counts of
second-degree recklessly endangering safety and felony bail
jumping.

According to the criminal complaint, Brooks got into a physical
fight with his nephew at the home where Brooks stayed.
Afterward, the nephew climbed into his car with a friend of his
to leave, but Brooks fired a handgun toward the car.

Brooks was arrested the next day and police located a gun that
was reported stolen. His bail was reduced from $10,000 to
$7,500, according to online court records.

With Brooks in custody, prosecutors were prepared to go forward
with his jury trial in February. But because another jury trial
was ongoing in the same court, the case was postponed.

Brooks’ bail was then dropped to $500 after hearing arguments
from Brooks’ attorney, online records show. He posted that bail
Feb. 21.

Records show he also is a registered sex offender in Nevada
after he was convicted of statutory sexual seduction in November
2006, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported.

More:How police, prosecutors and courts across three states
failed to hold Darrell Brooks accountable

Has Darrell Brooks' mental health history come up in court?
In his previous criminal cases, Brooks did not raise legal
issues of competency or pursue an insanity defense.

In the parade case, Brooks did try to change his not-guilty plea
to not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect — commonly
known as an insanity defense. He withdrew that defense in the
weeks before the trial started, suggesting court-ordered
psychiatric evaluations did not support his claim.

Contact Elliot Hughes at elliot.hughes@jrn.com or 414-704-8958.
Follow him on Twitter @elliothughes12.

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2021/11/22/darrell-brooks-jr- waukesha-christmas-parade-suspect/8725783002/

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