The defendant accused of running over and killing six people during a Wisconsin Christmas parade was dismissed from court on Friday after claiming he was “bored” and that the case was “political.”
40-year-old career criminal Darrell Brooks is charged with purposefully driving his SUV in a zigzag pattern along the Waukesha Christmas parade route on November 21, running over pedestrians and injuring 62.
He was taken into jail the next day and then arrested; on Friday, at a preliminary hearing, he repeatedly fell asleep before ranting at Judge Jennifer Dorow.
She was standing with her arms crossed when he replied, “You sit up here and pretend like you know me.”
People like you have no idea where I’m from, I said. Additionally, Brooks was overheard complaining that the proceedings were “boring” and yelling at the sheriff’s officers who were escorting him out the courtroom on the orders of Judge Dorow.
A picture of Darrell Brooks in Waukesha court. On Friday, he dozed off during the hearings, shouted at the judge, and then requested to return to his cell.
On Friday, while Brooks yelled, Judge Jennifer Dorow stood with her arms crossed.
Mass killer Darrell Brooks, who struck a Waukesha Christmas parade in 2021, killing six people and injuring hundreds more, was carried out of court today by deputies after an outburst. This week, Brooks has spent a number of days in court.
Brooks Jr. is charged with plowing his SUV into a Christmas parade in a suburb of Milwaukee in 2021, resulting in the deaths of six persons and the injuries of several more.
“Mr. Brooks, we have to proceed with this hearing,” Dorow said to him.
The three courthouse marshals who were observing Brooks, who was agitated, advised him to calm down.
Mr. Brooks, I need you to look at me, Dorow stated.
He said, “Why?” To listen to all of this political discourse you are having?
Dorow informed him that he would lose his right to remain in the courtroom before announcing that she would take a break.
Brooks was brought back to court after lunch, but he protested and requested to be sent back to his cell.
On Friday, he can be seen being led out the courthouse.
The trial date was set by Judge Dorow on October 3.
In February, Brooks entered a not-guilty plea.
His lawyers, public defenders Anna Kees and Jeremy Perri, submitted a request in April asking to delay the case at least until March 2023.
In their application, the lawyers said they needed at least six months to evaluate more than 300 films of the procession, analyze the SUV’s speed during the event, examine Brooks’ police interview, and contact relevant expert witnesses.
Susan Opper, the district attorney, encouraged the court to keep to the plan.
She claimed that practically all of the evidence had been given to the defense by the prosecution.
The last components were the results of DNA testing performed on SUV sample collected from Brooks.
Opper said, “The relatives of the victims who are still alive deserve closure as quickly as possible.
Brooks asked to change his plea to not guilty due to a mental illness or defect at a hearing in June.
The murderer of the Waukesha Christmas Parade’s six deadly victims
In addition to the six murder accusations, Darrell Brooks, 39, is now charged with 61 counts of recklessly endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon for each individual hurt in the event on November 21.
On November 21, he is suspected of driving into the throng during the parade, killing six people and wounding a dozen more.
The deceased included Jackson Sparks, age 8, Virginia Sorenson, age 79, LeAnna Owen, age 71, Tamara Durand, age 52, Jane Kulich, age 52, and Wilhelm Hospel, age 81.
Members of the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies made up four of the five fatalities.
Brooks’ motivation is still a mystery.
Jane Kulich, a Citizen Bank employee, was hit and killed when she was strolling beside a parade float.
Jackson Sparks, a child of eight, was the tragedy’s sixth casualty.
Leana “Lee” Owen, 71, and Tamara Durand, 52, both belonged to the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies.
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