[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Darrell Brooks Jr., 39, is the driver of the red Ford SUV that plowed through crowds on Sunday at the parade
- Brooks was bailed out of jail on November 19 after posting a $1,000 cash bond on charges of battery, disorderly conduct, bail jumping and resisting an officer
- The Milwaukee District Attorney admitted on Monday the bond was 'inappropriately low'
- The charges relate to an incident on November 2 involving the mother of one of his children in Milwaukee
- Brooks is said to have hunted her down in a hotel then followed her in the street in his car, demanding that she get in, before 'punching her with a closed fist' and then 'running her over'
- Court records show he was charged on November 5, paid cash bond on the 11th but the records weren't updated until the 19th
- On Sunday, he plowed through crowds at 4.39pm in his red Ford SUV, killing five people and injuring 48
- The victims are all adults and their ages range from 52 to 81; they were named by police on Monday
- Brooks Jr. was fleeing the scene of a domestic dispute which cops were on their way to
Milwaukee County Attorney John T Chisholm previously spoke of trying to reduce his county's prison population. He even let a progressive criminal justice nonprofit called Vera perform an 'audit' on his office.
Vera, which is based in New York, opposes cash bail, with the implementation of that measure partially-blamed for a crime spike in NYC. Milwaukee saw murders spike by 95 per cent between 2019 and 2020, with 2021 currently recording as many homicides as there were by the same stage of 2020.
Brooks lives some 20 miles away in Milwaukee in a suburban home where he films rap videos in the street. |