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On this day, November 21, 2021, an SUV plowed through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Waukesha Christmas parade attack
Coordinates: 43°00′44″N 88°13′45″W {DU4 makes a mess of coordinate links at Wikipedia. Link from Wikipedia.}
Site of the incident on the corner of Barstow and Main streets on November 22. Police investigate behind the yellow caution tape.
Location: Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S.
Coordinates: 43°00′44″N 88°13′45″W {DU4 makes a mess of coordinate links at Wikipedia. Link from Wikipedia.}
Date: November 21, 2021; 24 months ago; ~4:39 p.m. (CST)
Target: People attending or participating in the annual Waukesha Christmas parade
Attack type: Vehicle-ramming attack, mass murder
Weapons: 2010 Ford Escape
Deaths: 6
Injured: 62
Perpetrator: Darrell Edward Brooks Jr.
Motive: Unknown
Verdict:
6 counts of homicide by intoxicated use of vehicle dismissed pre-trial on defense motion
1 count of battery dropped by state pre-trial
Guilty on remaining counts
Charges:
First-degree intentional homicide (6 counts)
First-degree recklessly endangering safety (61 counts)
Hit and run causing death (6 counts)
Felony Bail Jumping (2 counts)
Battery- Domestic Abuse
Sentence: Six consecutive life sentences without the possibility of extended supervision plus 762+1⁄2 years, and restitution totaling $523,293.01
On November 21, 2021, Darrell E. Brooks Jr. drove a sport utility vehicle (SUV) through the annual Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States, killing six people and injuring sixty-two others.
Brooks pleaded not guilty to six counts of first-degree intentional homicide and seventy-one additional charges, and chose to represent himself at his trial, which began on October 3, 2022. Brooks presented pseudolegal arguments from the sovereign citizen movement and was repeatedly removed from the courtroom for failing to comply with decorum and courtesy. On October 26, 2022, a jury found Brooks guilty on all seventy-six charges. On November 16, 2022, he was sentenced to six consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, plus an additional 762.5 years, to be served consecutively.
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Coordinates: 43°00′44″N 88°13′45″W {DU4 makes a mess of coordinate links at Wikipedia. Link from Wikipedia.}
Site of the incident on the corner of Barstow and Main streets on November 22. Police investigate behind the yellow caution tape.
Location: Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S.
Coordinates: 43°00′44″N 88°13′45″W {DU4 makes a mess of coordinate links at Wikipedia. Link from Wikipedia.}
Date: November 21, 2021; 24 months ago; ~4:39 p.m. (CST)
Target: People attending or participating in the annual Waukesha Christmas parade
Attack type: Vehicle-ramming attack, mass murder
Weapons: 2010 Ford Escape
Deaths: 6
Injured: 62
Perpetrator: Darrell Edward Brooks Jr.
Motive: Unknown
Verdict:
6 counts of homicide by intoxicated use of vehicle dismissed pre-trial on defense motion
1 count of battery dropped by state pre-trial
Guilty on remaining counts
Charges:
First-degree intentional homicide (6 counts)
First-degree recklessly endangering safety (61 counts)
Hit and run causing death (6 counts)
Felony Bail Jumping (2 counts)
Battery- Domestic Abuse
Sentence: Six consecutive life sentences without the possibility of extended supervision plus 762+1⁄2 years, and restitution totaling $523,293.01
On November 21, 2021, Darrell E. Brooks Jr. drove a sport utility vehicle (SUV) through the annual Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States, killing six people and injuring sixty-two others.
Brooks pleaded not guilty to six counts of first-degree intentional homicide and seventy-one additional charges, and chose to represent himself at his trial, which began on October 3, 2022. Brooks presented pseudolegal arguments from the sovereign citizen movement and was repeatedly removed from the courtroom for failing to comply with decorum and courtesy. On October 26, 2022, a jury found Brooks guilty on all seventy-six charges. On November 16, 2022, he was sentenced to six consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, plus an additional 762.5 years, to be served consecutively.
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