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wnylib

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8. I don't get it either.

Mon Nov 22, 2021, 09:43 AM

Nov 2021

The only thing I can think of as a reason for it is that, in his eagerness to flee a bad situation, he forgot that it was the day of the parade, or didn't know the route of the parade.

But even that does not make sense since he would have heard the parade noise and would have seen the people in the streets. Did he think that he could just plow his way through them and escape at the end of the parade route? That the parade and spectators would "step aside" for him? That they would provide cover for him from whomever he was fleeing?

How do you just run people down?

What a lifetime of horror and sadness for anyone who was there.

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I just can't get over the Waukesha parade massacre [View all] vlyons Nov 2021 OP

Violence is a disease that spreads Walleye Nov 2021 #1

Wisconsin does not have the death penalty. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2021 #2

Your question implies he knew about the parade and intended to cause death and injury. brooklynite Nov 2021 #3

There is no lack of cross streets where he could have exited Klaralven Nov 2021 #7

No, I think he was fleeing some situation vlyons Nov 2021 #11

He had to drive through barricades to even get to the parade route which was closed off. PTWB Nov 2021 #14

By the time he hit the 40th person, you'd think he would have cottoned on. meadowlander Nov 2021 #17

You have GOT to be kidding me. ForgedCrank Nov 2021 #18

I watched him deliberately run over many people. He has eyes, right? Bonx Nov 2021 #22

When fleeing, they don't notice a MARCHING BAND in front of them? BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #23

He steered his red SUV around a shriner parade vehicle Devil Child Nov 2021 #26

This. BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #33

Brooks had a criminal history of doing just that pinkstarburst Nov 2021 #32

Charged with intentional homicide BTW Devil Child Nov 2021 #35

No death penalty snowybirdie Nov 2021 #4

I'm guessing that he was on drugs or drunk or both. Haggard Celine Nov 2021 #5

agreed, I'm suspecting some sort of major impairment was involved Amishman Nov 2021 #9

Yes, I was thinking the same thing about the racial angle in this case. Haggard Celine Nov 2021 #10

There are already people on RWNJ forums Mr.Bill Nov 2021 #30

Rittenhouse and that killer have things in common. rockfordfile Nov 2021 #37

Many times stupidity is more dangerous than malice. Rittenhouse only killed 2, cruelly. Waukesha 5 Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #6

I don't get it either. wnylib Nov 2021 #8

You're assuming inthewind21 Nov 2021 #29

Um, not really. Read my first couple wnylib Nov 2021 #34

Maybe we'll end up with convincing evidence this wasn't a hate crime. Girard442 Nov 2021 #12

He was thinking only of himself. AngryOldDem Nov 2021 #13

Unfortunately evil exists. Froggyproggy Nov 2021 #15

He has a record of violence. JI7 Nov 2021 #16

Including multiple incidents of domestic violence. meadowlander Nov 2021 #19

Too bad law enforcement agencies just chalk up a "domestic" episode littlemissmartypants Nov 2021 #41

... BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #42

Thank you. ❤ littlemissmartypants Nov 2021 #48

Life in prison without parole. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2021 #20

Reptile-brain panic. Flight or fight. maxsolomon Nov 2021 #21

May he rot in hell. Music Man Nov 2021 #24

Darrell Brooks Jr. Is an antisemite among other issues Mosby Nov 2021 #25

Thank you Mosby for airing this Devil Child Nov 2021 #27

I don't buy the story that he was fleeing another incident either. Mosby Nov 2021 #28

Total agreement Devil Child Nov 2021 #31

The guy was obviously mentally ill or a psychopath budkin Nov 2021 #36

Two of the victims. Mosby Nov 2021 #38

read his rap sheet hamil Nov 2021 #39

Advocating sexual assault as terror-punishment while incarcerated deserves condemnation Devil Child Nov 2021 #40

How does premeditation work, legally? OneGrassRoot Nov 2021 #43

Premeditation can be a split second. You Solomon Nov 2021 #51

Bingo n/t Devil Child Nov 2021 #52

Thank you. I truly didn't know that. Very helpful. n/t OneGrassRoot Nov 2021 #54

why wasn't his truck impounded when he ran over his girlfriend with it a few weeks prior? Demovictory9 Nov 2021 #44

A good question that deserves an answer n/t Devil Child Nov 2021 #46

Let's start with investigating why he was released from jail ecstatic Nov 2021 #45

Deranged people by definition are irrational librechik Nov 2021 #47

He's A None Too Swift RobinA Nov 2021 #49

Fleeing is strange terminology. There was no police pursuit. WarGamer Nov 2021 #53

Probably a sociopath nt XanaDUer2 Nov 2021 #50