‘Bored’ Waukesha killer Darrell Brooks sleeps during court hearing, asks deputies to keep hands off him
WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN: The 40-year-old career criminal who was charged with mowing down and murdering six people at a Christmas parade in Wisconsin was moved from court on Friday as he went from sleeping in his hearing to outbursts that the Judge did not entertain. He kept insisting that his trial was "political." The career criminal is accused of intentionally driving his SUV in a crooked way down the Waukesha Christmas parade route.
Darrell Brooks, 40, is accused of running people over and injuring 62 on November 21. He was arrested the same day and remained in custody. Fast forward to Friday, August 26, Brooks constantly fell asleep during his pretrial and then ranted at Judge Jennifer Dorow as per WISN. Brooks yelled in the court, "You sit up here and act like you know me. People like you don't know nothing about where I come from." He was also heard saying that he was "bored" by the proceedings, meanwhile, the judge was standing with her arms folded. Judge Dorow instructed the sheriff's deputies to escort him out of the court as he was raging on them as well. The judge dropped 6 counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle over two days of the hearing.
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Dorow told him, "Mr Brooks, we have to continue with this hearing. Mr Brooks, I need you to look at me." as three courtroom marshals stood over him. Brooks replied, "Why? To listen to all this political stuff you've got going on?" Following this, Dorow announced the break but warned Brooks of his behavior that could forfeit his right to be in the courtroom. After the lunch break, Brooks returned and sat quietly at his defense table.
Mass murderer Darrell Brooks, who killed six people and injured dozens more when he drove through a Waukesha Christmas parade in 2021, was escorted out of court today by Sheriffs Deputies after an outburst. Brooks has been in the courtroom several days this week. pic.twitter.com/Yafjh5THUU
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Darrell Brooks acts out in court
When the attorneys began discussing potential jurors and which ones to strike for cause before jury selection, Brooks claimed that he wasn't fell and asked if he could return to his cell, to which Dorow complied. He was taken back to his cell and the juries continued. Brooks pleaded not guilty in February and Dorow has set October 3 as the trial date. In April, Brooks' attorney's argued that the date of the proceedings should be pushed back at least March 2023 as they were a number of videos they needed to examine to determine the speed of the SUV and other factors.
Brooks was first convicted for substantial battery in 1999 which was followed by another conviction for marijuana possession in 2002. Later in 2003 and 2005, he was found guilty of obstructing an officer for marijuana possession and bail jumping in 2011. Wisconsin court records stated that Darrell E Brooks Jr, a resident of 19th street, has several open felony charges filed against him on November 5, 2021. Brooks requested changing his plea to not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect during a hearing in June.