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Seems hypocritical, doesn't it?

https://www.kimt.com/content/news/Investigators-look-at-if- Wisconsin-parade-crash-driver-fleeing-crime-575791521.html

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WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — 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 enforcement official told The
Associated Press.

The joyous scene of marching bands and children dancing in Santa
hats and waving pompoms turned deadly in an instant on Sunday,
giving way to screams and scenes of crumpled bodies as the SUV
sped through barricades and struck dancers, musicians and
others. Members of a “Dancing Grannies” club were among those
killed.

One person was taken into custody after a Waukesha police
officer opened fire to try to stop the vehicle, authorities said.

Two law enforcement officials, speaking on condition of
anonymity because they were not authorized the discuss the
matter publicly, identified the person as 39-year-old Darrell
Brooks.

Investigators were questioning him about an earlier crime, which
one of the officials described as an argument involving a knife.
The official cautioned the investigation was still in the early
stages.

Online court records showed that a person named Darrell Brooks
Jr., with a birthdate making him 39, has two open criminal cases
in Milwaukee County. In one case, filed Nov. 5, he is charged
with resisting or obstructing an officer, reckless endangering,
disorderly conduct, bail jumping and battery. Records show
$1,000 cash bond was posted on Friday.

In the other case, filed in July 2020, Brooks is charged with
reckless endangering and illegal possession of a firearm.

Waukesha Police Chief Dan Thompson gave no immediate details
about the person in custody or any possible motive. Thompson
said that he did not know if the driver was hit by the officer’s
bullets but that no bystanders were wounded.

On its social media account, the city put the number of dead at
at least five.

The horror was recorded by the city’s livestream and onlookers'
cellphones. One video shows the moment the SUV broke through the
barricades and includes the sound of what apparently were
several gunshots.

Another video shows a young child dancing in the street as the
SUV speeds by, just a few feet from her, before it hurtles into
parade participants a few hundred feet ahead. One video, of
dancers with pompoms, ends with a group of people tending to a
girl on the ground.

“There were pompoms and shoes and spilled hot chocolate
everywhere. I had to go from one crumpled body to the other to
find my daughter,” Corey Montiho, a Waukesha school district
board member, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “My wife and
two daughters were almost hit. Please pray for everybody. Please
pray.”

The Milwaukee Dancing Grannies posted on its Facebook page that
some of its members were among the dead. The organization
describes itself as a “group of grannies that meet once a week
to practice routines for summer and winter parades.”

“Our group was doing what they loved, performing in front of
crowds in a parade putting smiles on faces of all ages, filling
them with joy and happiness,” the post said.

“Those who died were extremely passionate Grannies. Their eyes
gleamed ... joy of being a Grannie. They were the glue ... held
us together.”

A Roman Catholic priest, parishioners and Waukesha Catholic
schoolchildren were among those injured, the Archdiocese of
Milwaukee said.

Chris Germain, co-owner of the Aspire Dance Center studio, had
about 70 people in the parade, including children as young as 2
being pulled in wagons and participants up to 18 years old.

Germain, whose 3-year-old daughter was in the parade, said he
was driving at the head of their entry when he saw a maroon SUV
that “just blazed right past us.” A police officer ran past in
chase. Germain said he jumped out of his own SUV and gathered
the girls who were with him to safety.

Then he walked forward to see the damage.

“There were small children laying all over the road. There were
police officers and EMTs doing CPR on multiple members of the
parade,” he said.

Angelito Tenorio, a West Allis alderman who is running for
Wisconsin state treasurer, said he was watching the parade with
his family when they saw the SUV come speeding into the area.

“Then we heard a loud bang,” Tenorio said. “And after that, we
just heard deafening cries and screams from the crowd, from the
people at the parade. And people started rushing, running away
with tears in their eyes, crying.”

The Waukesha school district canceled classes Monday and said
extra counselors would be on hand for students and staff. The
parade’s list of participants included cheer, dance and band
entries associated with district schools.

Gov. Tony Evers said he and his wife were “praying for Waukesha
tonight and all the kids, families, and community members
affected by this senseless act.”

The parade, held each year on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, is
sponsored by the city’s Chamber of Commerce. This year’s event,
the 59th, had the theme of “comfort and joy.”

Waukesha is a western suburb of Milwaukee, and about 55 miles
(90 kilometers) north of Kenosha, where Kyle Rittenhouse was
acquitted Friday of charges stemming from the fatal shooting of
two men and the wounding of a third during unrest in that city
in August 2020.
 

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