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Lincoln fucked up when he failed to send the black animals back to Africa. Fuck that "Suspect" shit. The nigger did it.

WAUKESHA, Wis. - The trial of Darrell Brooks, accused in the
Waukesha Christmas Parade attack, resumed with a second day of
testimony Friday, Oct. 7.

It was the first full day of testimony in the trial and, after
being moved to an adjacent courtroom repeatedly in days prior,
Brooks remained in the main courtroom most of Friday.

"With all respect your honor, this whole process is very new to
me," said Brooks. "If I color outside the lines, I just don't
understand."

A new juror was sworn in and seated Friday. The previous day,
Brooks told the judge that he recognized one of the jurors from
his initial appearance and that the juror "flipped me off."

"I am advising you that I was able to confirm with others,"
Judge Jennifer Dorow said Friday. "It is not this juror."

"I don't forget faces. I don't," Brooks said.

After calling two to the stand Thursday, prosecutors called six
additional people to testify Friday.

After a long week for the jury, both sides agreed to stop
testimony roughly one hour early Friday, around 4:30 p.m. The
trial will resume on Monday. At that time, Dorow ordered Brooks
to have his witness list ready.

The judge will also revisit dashcam video that was shown in
court Friday because, in that video, Brooks was able to hear the
mother of his child discussing a prior case that the judge had
previously ruled inadmissible.

Darrell Brooks trial timeline: Day 5
Below is a timeline of Thursday's events per court records:

8:33 a.m.: Case called for Day 4 of jury trial

State places a concern on the record

Court swears in a juror to address a concern raised by Brooks

Brooks declined to put on street clothing, voluntarily appearing
in street clothes

9:10 a.m.: Jury enters

Erika Patterson testified

Waukesha Police Det. Steven Guth testified

10:50 a.m.: Court takes morning break

11:06 a.m.: Court is back on record

Brooks refuses to produce document ordered by the court

11:25 a.m.: Court resumes with Brooks in adjacent courtroom

11:30 a.m.: Lunch recess

1:07 p.m.: Brooks, prosecution return to court

1:11 p.m.: Jury enters

Waukesha Police Officer Jeremy Philipps testified

Kyle Edwards testified

Holly Berg testified

3:01 p.m.: Court takes afternoon break

3:20 p.m.: Court resumes

Waukesha Police Det. Thomas Casey testified

4:46 p.m.: Jury excused for weekend

4:54 p.m.: Court adjourned until 8:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 10

COVID results returned
Shortly before 11:30 a.m., Judge Jennifer Dorow noted the COVID-
19 test results for Darrell Brooks were returned – and they were
negative. The judge noted there was an "altercation" with the
bailiffs when getting the test results envelope. Brooks was in
the adjacent courtroom when they came back from a brief recess.

As of about 11:30 a.m., the judge broke for lunch – and returned
shortly after 1 p.m.

Once proceedings returned to order, Brooks had his head down. He
told Judge Dorow, "I’m just a little emotional right now."
Brooks reached for a tissue and began writing a letter to the
judge.

Brooks' ex-girlfriend testifies
First on the witness stand for the prosecution on Friday was 32-
year-old Erika Patterson. She testified she met Brooks when she
has known Brooks since she was 15.

Patterson said she and Brooks had been together "off and on"
over the years and that they have a teenage daughter together.
Patterson also said that she'd had been living at The Women's
Center in downtown Waukesha prior to the incident at the
Waukesha Christmas Parade.

The line of questioning by prosecutors referred to an incident
in which Patterson said Brooks hit her in the face prior to the
parade attack.

"He came out there, got his car and drove around," she said. "He
hit me in my eye, I walked to Frame Park."

Patterson further testified that, after she was hit, she jumped
out of Brooks' SUV be he followed her. Brooks then fought with
her roommate, Kori Runkel, she said. A friend then called the
police.

"How would you describe his demeanor?" asked Assistant District
Attorney Zachary Wittchow.

"He was angry. He was mad they called the cops," Patterson
testified.

It led to an unusual set-up for cross-examination as Brooks
represents himself.

"First of all, good morning and happy birthday," he said.

Brooks' cross-examination included questions about The Women's
Center and past altercations.

Brooks: "If the conversation was argumentative, why would you
meet up with the alleged defendant?"

Patterson: "I don't know."

Later, Brooks asked about abuse: "At any time did you report any
abuse?"

Patterson: "Yes, that you hit me."

The cross-examination became heated, Patterson growing tired of
what she considered to be answering the same questions from
Brooks.

Waukesha police take stand
Around 10:15 a.m., Detective Steven Guth took the stand for the
state. He testified about his interaction with Patterson after
she appeared to have been struck in the face. Brooks was given
an opportunity to cross-examine Guth, but that line of
questioning was ended after the judge repeatedly sustained
objections brought by the prosecution.

Next to take the stand for the state was Waukesha Police Officer
Jeremy Philipps. He was dispatched to Frame Park for the
altercation between Brooks, Patterson and Runkel. Philipps
testified he was with Patterson, taking her statement, when he
heard a radio call about subjects a few blocks away.

"I had face-to-face contact with a few of them laying on the
ground. There were parents screaming at me to help their kids,"
said Philipps.

Parade witness testimony
The state then called Kyle Edwards to the stand. He was at the
Waukesha Christmas Parade with his wife and two children on the
day the red SUV drove through the parade route, striking dozens
of people. Edwards told the court there was a vehicle that went
the wrong way down a road – and stopped next to his vehicle.

Edwards said it was a red SUV. The other driver threw his hands
up in the air, stuck his head out of the window, and said he
needed gas. Edwards identified the other driver as Brooks.
Brooks was asked to remove his mask for this identification
process.

Also on Friday, the prosecution team brought Holly Berg to the
stand. She was dropping her boyfriend's daughter off at the
parade. Berg provided a graphic description of what happened at
the parade – when a red SUV plowed through the crowd, striking a
community group.

"Did you see any the red SUV strike any people in the Catholic
community group?" asked Waukesha County District Attorney Sue
Opper.

"Several," Berg said.

"Can you estimate how many?" Opper asked?

"At least 15," Berg said.

"I'm sorry to ask it this way, but did you see anybody like
actually, fly or roll or tumble?" Opper asked.

"So, originally, it was, I heard sounds. Like thuds. And then,
it was, in the air, like bowling pins," Berg said.

Berg also estimated the red SUV was traveling about 20 mph when
it was going through the downtown area.

Detective wraps Friday testimony
Det. Thomas Casey with the Waukesha Police Department was sixth
person to take the stand for the state Friday. As part of his
testimony, Casey told the court the weather was cold and windy
on the day of the Waukesha Christmas Parade in November 2021.
Despite the weather, the detective estimated 5,000 people were
in downtown Waukesha to see the parade.

The jury was shown a photograph that Casey testified showed
Brooks driving his red SUV through the parade route. Opper asked
Casey if he was "100% sure" it was Brooks; Casey answered "1000
(percent)."

The detective also showed drone video taken along Main Street,
the parade route, showing where each of the six victims who died
were hit. Casey also said he tried to stop Brooks.

"The vehicle continued moving. It pushed right through me," said
Casey.

Brooks will get his chance to cross-examine Casey when the trial
resumes Monday.

Christmas parade attack
Prosecutors say Brooks drove a red SUV through the parade route
on Nov. 21, 2021, killing six and injuring more than 60 others.

On Nov. 21, 2021, according to prosecutors, Brooks met up with
his ex-girlfriend in Frame Park, the same woman he is accused of
running over with his red SUV earlier in November 2021. She told
police they argued in his SUV before he started driving, and he
"was driving around with one hand and striking her in the face
with his other hand." She eventually got out and called her
friends for help.

Soon after that, according to prosecutors, Brooks drove that red
SUV through the parade route, killing Jackson Sparks, 8,
Virginia Sorenson, 79, LeAnna Owen, 71, Tamara Durand, 52, Jane
Kulich, 52 and Wilhelm Hospel, 81. More than 60 others were hurt.

Brooks was arrested the night of the attack, soon after telling
a Waukesha resident that he was homeless and waiting for an
Uber. The man was unaware of the events that had occurred and
let Brooks into his home.

Brooks entered an insanity plea in June after initially pleading
not guilty to the charges in February, a move that could have
resulted in him being sentenced to a mental institution rather
than prison if convicted. He later dropped the insanity plea on
Sept. 9.

Darrell Brooks faces 76 charges, including six counts of first-
degree intentional homicide and 61 counts of reckless
endangerment. Each homicide charge carries a mandatory life
sentence.

https://www.fox6now.com/news/darrell-brooks-trial-day-5- defendants-ex-girlfriend-to-testify

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