‘Some fatalities’ after SUV hits Christmas parade in Waukesha,

[fooferdoggie]

Sad this is just another WTF in America.

5 dead, 40 injured in Waukesha after SUV speeds into Christmas parade

Investigators are looking into whether the SUV driver who plowed through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing at least five people and injuring more than 40, was fleeing a crime, a law…

www.chicagotribune.com

 

[yaxomoxay]

Sad this is just another WTF in America.

5 dead, 40 injured in Waukesha after SUV speeds into Christmas parade

Investigators are looking into whether the SUV driver who plowed through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing at least five people and injuring more than 40, was fleeing a crime, a law…

www.chicagotribune.com

Sad. Incredibly sad.

 

[Yoused]

At least 5 people killed, 40 injured.

 

[Deleted member 215]

Suspect is Darrell Brooks Jr., a man with a long criminal past:

Waukesha Christmas parade: Career criminal out on bail Darrell Brooks questioned by police

The man being questioned after a red SUV plowed through Waukesha's Christmas parade, killing at least five people and injuring dozens, has been identified as Darrell E. Brooks Jr., a Milwaukee man with a criminal history dating back to 1999 – with numerous violent felonies.

www.foxnews.com

He may have been fleeing a crime when he ran into the parade.

 

[yaxomoxay]

Suspect is Darrell Brooks Jr., a man with a long criminal past:

Waukesha Christmas parade: Career criminal out on bail Darrell Brooks questioned by police

The man being questioned after a red SUV plowed through Waukesha's Christmas parade, killing at least five people and injuring dozens, has been identified as Darrell E. Brooks Jr., a Milwaukee man with a criminal history dating back to 1999 – with numerous violent felonies.

www.foxnews.com

He may have been fleeing a crime when he ran into the parade.

From what I read, which should be taken with a grain of salt until the 1PM presser, he was a piece of shit even before this tragic event.

The videos are appalling, especially as a “school band dad” (both of my kids); gave me some shivers.

Of note, I am glad, very glad that the little girl dancing on the street is safe and that the Piece of Shit missed her. However, at a parade, never ever get on the road and never ever let children step off the sidewalk. Stay on the sidewalk. The sides of the road are used for emergency situations or for organizational reasons. each 4th of July I am appalled by how many uncaring people just sit/stand on the actual road, to then complain when staff tells them to step back.

 

[rdrr]

I wish neither side of the isle, both politicians and news outlets tried to politicize it, and instead had some empathy for the many families of the dead and injured. I am sure the full story will come out soon, and in the end we'll all be sickened by it.

 

[Joe]

Yeah, he was a piece of crap before this. Should have never been out on bail. Smh

 

[Renzatic]

I wish neither side of the isle, both politicians and news outlets tried to politicize it...

Yeah, well, in a more perfect world...

 

[yaxomoxay]

Yeah, he was a piece of crap before this. Should have never been out on bail. Smh

Yeah. I don’t understand how someone is out on bail… for skipping bail.

 

[User.45]

I wish neither side of the isle, both politicians and news outlets tried to politicize it, and instead had some empathy for the many families of the dead and injured. I am sure the full story will come out soon, and in the end we'll all be sickened by it.

Dunno wacchu talkin bout

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

My coworker just informed me Fox is now leaning heavy on this guy being a BLM activist, and I guess directly or between the lines that this must somehow be a BLM sanctioned operation?

I can't claim only the right does this type thing, but is there no situation where the news (and possibly our own thoughts) doesn't go "and this is exactly representative of millions of other people who share a common belief on something!" You'd think being a black undisputed dirtbag that nobody is defending would be good enough, but no. Let's cast a wide net to implicate as many people as possible in this single deadly event.

 

[SuperMatt]

My coworker just informed me Fox is now leaning heavy on this guy being a BLM activist, and I guess directly or between the lines that this must somehow be a BLM sanctioned operation?

I can't claim only the right does this type thing, but is there no situation where the news (and possibly our own thoughts) doesn't go "and this is exactly representative of millions of other people who share a common belief on something!" You'd think being a black undisputed dirtbag that nobody is defending would be good enough, but no. Let's cast a wide net to implicate as many people as possible in this single deadly event.

Fox is full of crap.

When a white supremacist who proudly displays the confederate flag (Dylan Roof) murders people in a church because they are black, he’s a lone wolf.

If a black person kills somebody, the blame falls on the entire BLM movement.

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

Fox is full of crap.

When a white supremacist who proudly displays the confederate flag (Dylan Roof) murders people in a church because they are black, he’s a lone wolf.

If a black person kills somebody, the blame falls on the entire BLM movement.

Also Fox uses "justified anger" when it's somebody on their side acting out of line.

The main reason I'm saying this isn't 100% a right-leaning phenomenon because "Trump supporter" and everything that gets assumed to go with that, and even I have to admit it's hard to hear "Trump supporter" and not automatically assign a lot of ugly baggage to that person.

 

[rdrr]

Fox is full of crap.

When a white supremacist who proudly displays the confederate flag (Dylan Roof) murders people in a church because they are black, he’s a lone wolf.

If a black person kills somebody, the blame falls on the entire BLM movement.

Let's not forget the whole "very fine people on both sides"

 

[Yoused]

It was a Christmas parade, right? Why has F'News not brought this up as another skirmish in the war on Christmas?

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

It was a Christmas parade, right? Why has F'News not brought this up as another skirmish in the war on Christmas?

I was first ashamed of this, but quickly learned I wasn't the only one whose first thought was why the fuck is there a Christmas parade when Thanksgiving hasn't even passed yet? I guarantee that was being asked in newsrooms off camera.

 

[Eric]

I guess I need to understand laws around bail, they set it at $5 million, supposedly to ensure he won't get out on it this time. Why would they even allow bail for such a heinous crime anyway? I'm guessing it must be a law.

 

[Renzatic]

I guess I need to understand laws around bail, they set it at $5 million, supposedly to ensure he won't get out on it this time. Why would they even allow bail for such a heinous crime anyway? I'm guessing it must be a law.

Yeah, it's baked into the law by this point. I don't think there's anything specific about it in the Constitution, but you could probably point out habeas corpus, and innocent until proven guilty as some justification for it.

 

[SuperMatt]

It must be a Wisconsin thing. In the District of Columbia, there is no cash bail. If you’re determined to be too great a risk to the community (or a flight risk) you are remanded to custody. In this case, I wonder if they set bail at $1000 because they figured the guy could afford it and they saw it as a source of income?

 

[yaxomoxay]

Yeah, it's baked into the law by this point. I don't think there's anything specific about it in the Constitution, but you could probably point out habeas corpus, and innocent until proven guilty as some justification for it.

Not specific but the constitution mentions “excessive bail”. I guess that what excessive means is up to everyone and every state but I don’t see impossible that some legislature interprets no chance for bail as “excessive”.