...the sovereign citizen with the interesting tattoos who insisted on defending himself...
was found guilty of intentional homicide on Wednesday after a jury deliberated for 2 hours Tuesday night.
Brooks faces life in prison.
Six innocents died following the horrific attack by Darrell Brooks, an anti-Trump Black Lives Matter supporter at the annual Waukesha Christmas Parade last November.
Witnesses said that as Brooks barreled through the parade he picked up speed.
** 18 Children were injured and sent to hospitals in the demonic attack.
** 62 individuals were injured in total
** 6 died including a child
8-year-old Jackson Sparks died in the hospital two days after the attack when the BLM driver ran over him and dozens of others at the Christmas parade.
Jackson’s brother, Tucker Sparks, 12, continues to heal.
Darrell Brooks pleaded not guilty to the 77 charges against, him including six charges of intentional homicide.
On Wednesday, Brooks, who represented himself, was found guilty of intentional homicide.
#5
Now that I think of it, maybe that 'oooh he's scaring me' routine was for the jury? It's gotta have the effect of relaying to them, 'the learned judge up there already thinks he's evil incarnate'.
#6
My wife watched this whole trial live on one of the streaming channels (she loves this kind of stuff, and she's actually not a weird person otherwise). She said that the judge should be awarded some sort of prize for her composure throughout, even as Mr. Brooks interrupted, went on rants and harassed her throughout the whole time he was present. The guy is a nutcase, or he's attempting to appear as one (probably the latter).
Another person from the trial who should get an award is the bailiff guard who patiently sat behind Brooks during the whole thing and watched him, with a look of what appears like constant disgust, and not throttling him multiple times a day (or hour). If it was me, somewhere in the first 15 minutes the nightstick would have come out.
Posted by: Mullah Richard ||
10/27/2022 8:29 Comments ||
Top||
#7
I take it Wisc. doesn't have the death penalty? Certainly deserves it IMHO
Whoopee Brooks faces life in prison.
Now the Victim families will pay for his room and board and upkeep for another 30+ years. Unless he slips and falls in the shower, breaking both legs, arms and skull.
SO ELECTED OFFICIALS
How about a new Sentencing Law, "DEATH IN KIND"?
Where a Murderer is put down in the same way as they commit their murder(s)?
[FoxNews] A total of 17 defendants in the massive drug trafficking scheme have been arrested since September.
U.S. Attorney Nick Brown of the Western District of Washington on Wednesday announced the arrests of 11 suspects accused of trafficking enough fentanyl to kill about 132,000 people.
The suspects were part of three significant drug trafficking groups responsible for transporting hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills and other dangerous drugs.
"These individuals were bringing large loads of meth, heroin, fentanyl and cocaine from Mexico across the border and up I-5 to the Pacific Northwest," Brown said in a Wednesday statement. "Even when an RV loaded with drugs was pulled off the highway and seized by law enforcement, they weren’t deterred. The wiretap revealed various organizations continued to recruit drivers and vehicles to transport their drugs throughout our District."
On Tuesday, law enforcement conducted a search in 12 locations throughout Washington and California and seized more than 2 kilograms of fentanyl, 4.5 kilograms of heroin, 10 pounds of methamphetamine and 67 firearms, as well as high-capacity rifle magazines, thousands of rounds of ammunition, two sets of body armor and one ballistic shield.
Even before law enforcement conducted a search on Tuesday, authorities had seized 1,1016 pounds of meth, 9 kilograms of fentanyl powder, 330,000 fentanyl pills, 25 kilograms of cocaine, 15.5 kilograms of heroin, 43 guns and $1 million in cash.
"Just looking at the fentanyl seized, since four out of 10 fake pills contain a lethal dose, that was enough to kill 132,000 people," said Richard A. Collodi, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Seattle field office. "This investigation shows our state, local and federal partnerships are needed so we can keep our communities safe, healthy, and free from these dangerous narcotics."
Seattle Police Chief Adrian Z. Diaz said the months-long investigation, including arrests and drug seizures, "will result in lives saved."
"With more than 350,000 fentanyl pills taken by SPD’s narcotics unit alone this year and shootings in Seattle up 29% in 2022, we thank our local and federal partners for their help in prioritizing this life-saving work," Diaz continued.
The 11 suspects were named as Jose Paleo, 29, of California; Octavio Guzman, 24, of California; Glauco Guardado Rodriguez, 25, of Seattle; Araceli Salas, 30, of California; Maria Rangel Aguilar, 44, of California; Miguel Thomas, 33, of Washington; Tad Fulton, 48, of Seattle; Ryan Holmquist, 34, of Washington; Timothy Hursh, 38, of Washington; Ryan Terry, 44, of Washington; and Abel Cruz, 32, of Washington.
Six others were indicted and arrested in connection with the drug trafficking scheme in September. Despite those prior arrests, the 11 defendants arrested Wednesday allegedly continued their trafficking activities afterward, according to Brown's office.
Those additional six defendants are Agustin Gutierrez Valencia, 32, of Washington; Daniel Vazquez Arroyo, 32, of Washington; Rosalio Reynoso Arellano, 51, of Los Angeles; Ernesto Casillas, 46, of Los Angeles; Benigno Hernandez aka Ivan Santos Arellano, 32, of Washington; and Jesus Toledo Pardo, 56, of Washington.
Defendants face multiple charges, including conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute. Many face a minimum of 10 years in prison because of the amount of drugs involved, according to Brown's office.
[KhaamaPress] Local sources in the Badghis province of northwest Afghanistan said that a 12-year-old girl was killed and another girl was injured as a result of gunfire from a Taliban ...Arabic for students... military member.
According to the source, the Taliban member shootings killed the girl in the Qadis district of Badghis province on Tuesday afternoon.
Local Taliban administration officials confirmed the shooting of the Taliban member and its aftermath while claiming that it occurred "by mistake."
The front man for the Taliban governor in Badghis province, Ahmad Jan Hanzala, said that a mistaken, careless, stray shot by one of the Taliban military forces killed a girl named Fatema and injured another girl named Shaima.
The health authorities at the Badghis Provincial Hospital also report the transfer of a girl’s body and the injury of another girl to their facility, stating that the injured girl was hit in the abdomen and is in good condition.
The fact that similar situations have happened before should be highlighted. The Taliban government forces have been criticized for irresponsible gun use in some of these incidents.
A grenade belonging to Taliban members accidentally went kaboom! in the Faryab province of northern Afghanistan last month, killing one person and injuring four others, including women and kiddies.
Two Taliban men were on a cycle of violence when the grenade pin accidentally slipped out, forcing them to throw the grenade away, said a source who spoke with the media.
Previously, the Taliban members also "accidentally" killed a woman in the Abshar district of Panjshir province in northern Afghanistan. The Taliban local authorities attributed the incident to human error.
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR CALLS FOR NEW & INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO ATROCITIES – Typically, when an independent investigation is called for it signals there is enough evidence to confirm at least a portion of the accusations are valid. Kabul has consistently tried to downplay the reporting and has attempted misdirection through claims of ‘western bias’ in the media. However, it is a tall order to ask the international community to ignore the claims considering there are at least twelve independent videos of mass executions in Panjshir circulating on the internet. All appear to have been filmed by their own fighters (considering the point of view) and give the impression the illegal killings were joyous celebrations. Mr. Bennett’s recommendation sends a clear signal that the acts will be looked into.
COMMODITIES PRICES FLUCTUATING AS WINTER BEARS DOWN ON AFGHANISTAN – Coal and fuel prices surged this week while propane and firewood prices fell in a sign that the coming winter was going to add a new dimension of hell in Afghanistan. Coal and fuel shot up by nearly 36% this week alone on average while propane and wood dropped by about 30%. Our analysis indicates the fluctuations mean different things for different demographics but mainly, the brunt of the pain would be felt by those living in urban areas.
KHORASAN RESISTANCE GROUP STANDS UP A MILITARY WING – The Khorasan Warriors announced they had formed an anti-Taliban military group and would immediately commence operations against the de facto regime. The group plans to release its organizing principles in a video clip today on select social media sites. They intend to commence operations immediately but no information was given about the numbers they have in the group. The group claims to be operating in three additional unspecified provinces.
CONFLICT TRACKER Kandahar: A roadside mine was triggered as a Taliban night security patrol passed the location in the fourth district of Kandahar. One to three Twlib fighters were killed and one to two more were injured.
NEXT 24 HOURS
TWO POTENTIAL COUNTERATTACKS PLANNED BY TALIBAN IN BADAKHSHAN – A source in the Province said Taliban troops staged last night in two separate locations and were planning to hit two to three NRF camps today. The locations of the targeted camps were not provided. Each Taliban contingent is thought to have approximately two hundred fighters and thirty to forty trucks under their command. At-risk Afghans in Badakhshan are encouraged to avoid any concentrations of Taliban security vehicles.
[ShabelleMedia] A Military Court in Mogadishu on Wednesday morning executed two alleged ISIS assassins in the latest series of executions in Somalia this month.
The executed Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... operatives are named Adan Mohammed Ali Mohamud and Mohammed Ali Mohammed Farah. Both were found guilty of several liquidations.
They carried out the killings in Mogadishu and Bosaso, the capital of Bari province of Puntland ...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion... state of Somalia in 2018 and 2019.
Posted by: trailing wife ||
10/27/2022 00:40 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
E-Mail||
[3 views]
Top|| File under: Islamic State
[Garowe] The Kenya Defense Forces [KDF] will dispatch more soldiers to the federal republic of Somalia, it has now emerged, in the latest strategy to strengthen the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS], the lead peacekeepers in the Horn of Africa nation.
Kenya is a major troop-contributing nation to Somalia and the KDF soldiers are credited for the restoration of order in most parts of Jubaland which were initially under the al-Shabaab ...... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all of which have enough problems without them... extortionists. The al-Shabaab still controls large swathes of rural central and southern Somalia.
The fresh team which is set to be deployed to the fragile country has been in pre-deployment training for the last two months where they are taught how to operate in the country where al-Shabaab attacks are frequent. This will be the second time KDF is dispatching troops under the newly formed ATMIS.
Previously, the team was known as AMISOM but has since rebranded as the peacekeepers' train and equip local troops ahead of the much-anticipated exit. It is envisaged that in the next three years, ATMIS would have handed security responsibilities to the country.
Brigade Commander William Kamoiro said the intense training is required to face battle-hardened al-Shabaab murderous Moslems. Kenya first sent her troops to Somalia in 2011 under Operation Linda Nchi before the soldiers were integrated into AMISOM.
"We are currently going through a very vigorous training regime to be able to cope with the conditions in Somalia. The morale is high and we are very receptive to the training," said the KDF commander, who serves in the logistics team that prepares the soldiers.
"We continue to exercise the integration of various capabilities and to conduct simulation exercises, both of which are requisites to validate the training objectives. It is also a measure of our mission readiness."
When ATMIS was formed earlier this year, Kenya did send troops who are fairing on us under the new mission. Regulations by the KDF dictate that a soldier cannot serve for more than a year in the mission, with the rotational approach taken as the best strategy.
Some of the troops contributing countries include Kenya, Uganda, and Æthiopia. Others are Djibouti and Burundi and the five countries have been working tirelessly to restore order and peace in Somalia, a country that has been without a democratically elected government for several decades.
[AlAhram] Moroccan police said Wednesday they had broken up a people smuggling gang in a northern town near the site of a deadly border tragedy in June.
The DGSN security service said it had arrested 23 suspected smugglers during morning raids in Nador and surrounding areas.
Nador is near the border with the Spanish enclave of Melilla, one of two main European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... territories on African soil and a magnet for migrants colonists fleeing violence across the continent and seeking refuge in Europe.
Those arrested Wednesday included Moroccans and four people from sub-Saharan Africa.
"They are suspected of acting as middlemen, finding potential candidates and organising illegal migration operations via the sea, as well as equipment and logistics," the DGSN said in a statement.
Police seized items including 125 outboard motors, rubber dinghies, navigation equipment and 10 cars, some with false number plates, it added.
Melilla was the site of a tragedy on June 24 attempt when some 2,000 mostly Sudanese migrants colonists attempted to storm the enclave's border.
At least 23 people died, the worst toll in years of such attempted crossings, and rights groups accused both Spanish and Moroccan authorities of using excessive force.
Since the tragedy, Morocco has sentenced dozens of migrants colonists to prison terms on charges including illegal entry and belonging to criminal gangs.
Posted by: trailing wife ||
10/27/2022 03:09 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
E-Mail||
[9 views]
Top|| File under: Human Trafficking
[Shafaq News] Iraq's Federal Intelligence Agency on Wednesday said it had apprehended six persons with links to the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... holy warrior group in separate operations in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
Among the arrestees, there is a senior commander of the "Kata'ib of Tawheed and Jihad", a military group affiliated with the terrorist organization.
The senior terrorist, according to a statement by the agency, confessed to participating in mortar attacks against sites of the Iraqi security forces and a car-kaboom against Iraqi military vehicles.
"Legal action was taken against the arrestees, and they were referred to the Judicial authorities for trial," the statement said.
Posted by: trailing wife ||
10/27/2022 03:09 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
E-Mail||
[2 views]
Top|| File under: Islamic State
[Shafaq News] At least one Iraqi soldier perished in an attack waged by a group of ISIS hard boyz in Kirkuk's southern district of Daquq, a source revealed on Wednesday.
The source told Shafaq News Agency that the bad boy group attacked a Commando force from the eighth division of the Iraqi army.
"A soldier was killed, and another was injured," the source added.
Posted by: trailing wife ||
10/27/2022 03:09 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
E-Mail||
[3 views]
Top|| File under: Islamic State
[IsraelTimes] Prominent operative maimed in Israeli operation against terror group leader surrenders to Paleostinian security services for protection
At least four members of a Nablus-based loosely organized terror group known as Lion’s Den turned themselves in to the Paleostinian Authority security services late Wednesday.
Local Paleostinian media reports said that among the four operatives who surrendered to the PA was Mahmoud al-Bana, a prominent member who was maimed in an Israeli raid against the terror group early Tuesday. During the Tuesday raid, Israeli troops killed the apparent leader of the group and four other button men, and destroyed a bomb factory. On Wednesday, another three members were arrested by Israeli troops. Earlier this week, another prominent member was killed in a kaboom attributed to Israel.
Lion’s Den has claimed near-nightly attacks on troops and Israeli civilians in the Nablus area in recent months.
In response to the surrender of al-Bana and at least three more members, Lion’s Den issued a statement saying it was "their choice."
"The Lion’s Den group has not asked any official or security body, no matter how respectable, to hand over our fighters [to them], and whoever surrenders himself, this is their decision and choice," the statement read.
Al-Bana said in a Facebook post that he surrendered to the PA with another operative in order to protect his life. According to Hebrew-language media reports, in recent days negotiations were held between Lion’s Den members and the PA security forces, under which the operatives would turn themselves in and be protected from Israel.
Meanwhile, ...back at the dirigible, Cynthia backed into the galley, the barbecue fork held in front of her. Jack! she called. Where the hell are you?... Israeli troops operated extensively throughout the West Bank in the predawn hours of Thursday morning, arresting 11 desperados, including two Lion’s Den members, the Israel Defense Forces said.
[IsraelTimes] Israeli troops operated extensively throughout the West Bank in the predawn hours of Wednesday morning, arresting 18 wanted Paleostinians including three members of the Lion’s Den terror group, the military said.
In the northern West Bank city of Nablus, troops arrested three members of the loosely organized terror group known as Lion’s Den, which has claimed near-nightly attacks on troops and civilians.
The IDF said troops detained Mohammed Nabulsi, the brother of Ibrahim Nabulsi, a wanted Paleostinian gunman killed by Israeli troops in August. Lion’s Den was formally established following his death.
Nabulsi was arrested for alleged weapons offenses, manufacturing explosives, and being a member of the terror group.
The second Lion’s Den member was accused of involvement in shooting attacks against Israeli cars driving in the Huwara area, south of Nablus, last month.
And the third was only accused of being a member of the group. Several weapons were also seized.
Elsewhere in the West Bank, troops arrested 15 other suspects, with violent mostly peaceful incidents in some areas, the IDF said.
The 18 suspects were taken to be questioned by the Shin Bet security agency.
The military said no troops were hurt during the overnight raids.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[RIA Novosti] The militants of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group * (banned in Russia) prepared 36 rockets with toxic substances in the mountains south of the Syrian city of Idlib. The militants intend to organize a provocation using shells with toxic substances and blame the Syrian army for this, said Major General Oleg Yegorov, deputy head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria.
"The terrorists intend to organize a provocation in order to accuse the Syrian government troops of using poisonous substances against the civilian population," Yegorov said at a briefing.
"According to information received by the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties, the militants of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group * prepared 36 rockets with toxic substances, which are currently stored in the cave complex of the Jebel Al-Arbain mountain range south of the city of Idlib," Yegorov said.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] The missile attack was carried out on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus on the night of October 27, Ikhbariya TV channel reports.
The attack is repelled by Syrian air defense systems. Information about the victims and destruction is not given.
As REGNUM reported , on October 25, the Israeli Air Force fired eight cruise missiles at targets in Damascus. Four shells were shot down. Two members of the Syrian army were injured.
Posted by: badanov ||
10/27/2022 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
E-Mail||
[8 views]
Top|| File under: Govt of Syria
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] At least 13 people have been killed in an attack in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, Fars news agency reported.
It is reported that the attack took place in a mosque near the Shah Cherakh mausoleum. According to preliminary data, at least 13 people were killed, 21 more were injured of varying severity. The dead included one woman and two children.
Authorities initially said three attackers were behind the attack. Later, however, the head of the police in the Fars region stated that the attacker acted alone. It is not excluded that the terrorist was one of the Islamists. No other details about the attack were given.
Gunmen attacked a major Shiite holy site in Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites.... on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens.
State TV blamed the attack on "takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... s," a term that refers to Sunni Moslembandidossnuffies who have targeted the country’s Shiite majority in the past.
The official website of the judiciary said two button men were arrested and a third is on the run after the attack on the Shah Cheragh mosque, the second holiest site in Iran. The state-run IRNA news agency reported the corpse count and state TV said 40 people were maimed.
An Iranian news website considered to be close to the Supreme National Security Council reported that the attackers were foreign nationals, without elaborating. Such attacks are rare in Iran, but last April, an assailant stabbed two holy mans to death at the Imam Reza shrine, the country’s most revered Shiite site, in the northeast city of Mashhad.
The Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group grabbed credit for an attack Wednesday on a Shia Moslem shrine in southern Iran ...They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... that state media said killed more than a dozen people.
An IS fighter opened fire on worshippers at the Shah Cheragh shrine in the city of Shiraz, "killing at least 20 Shias and maimed dozens of others", the radical Sunni Moslem jihadist group said in a statement via Telegram channels.
Posted by: Skidmark ||
10/27/2022 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
E-Mail||
[16 views]
Top|| File under: Govt of Iran
#1
stunning video coming out of iran
in mahsa amini’s hometown of saqez, thousands ignore govt road closures to walk to her gravesite 40 days after her death in the custody of iran’s morality policepic.twitter.com/u6EvbGQtjw
Posted by: Frank G ||
10/27/2022 7:01 Comments ||
Top||
#2
I think we may be witnessing a supernatural event. Implicitly biblical.
Gawd knew Israel would be endangered because of the Biden regime's handling of Iran. So Iran needed to be obstructed. And only he can give so much courage. This is courage not present in even first world hooraahs or hindoo kung fooists.
Will it lead to an international intervention? Will the Iranians pull out the mullahs and slay them on the streets? I think we shall witness the end of the ayatollah system too. Insha allan.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[THEGATEWAYPUNDIT] Waukesha Christmas parade killer Darrell Brooks 
[FoxNews] A total of 17 defendants in the massive drug trafficking scheme have been arrested since September.
...Arabic for 
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling 
...... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all of which have enough problems without them...
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling 
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites....
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed...
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] 
