A demonstrator holds up a “Black Lives Matter” sign in Rochester, N.Y., September 6, 2020. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Democratic groups helped facilitate the funneling of money to the Black Lives Matter–affiliated bail fund that secured the release of a Louisville activist recently
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Low bail for Waukesha suspect ahead of parade tragedy was the result of ‘human error’: DA
An assistant prosecutor who was assigned to a domestic violence case against Brooks was handling a jury trial and almost two dozen felony cases when she reviewed Brooks’ most recently posted bail, which was $500, related to a reckless endangerment
Fourteen Looting Suspects Released on California’s ‘Zero Bail’ Rule
People loot property during nationwide protests following the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Los Angeles, Calif., May 30, 2020. (Patrick T. Fallon/Reuters) Los Angeles Police chief Michel Moore on Thursday faulted California’s “zero bail” policy with
Waukesha Suspect’s Previous Release Agitates Efforts to Reduce Bail
It is clear that Mr. Brooks — who had a criminal history of violence, domestic abuse, sexual crime, drug offenses and bail jumping dating to 1999 — should never have been eligible for such a low bail regardless of the
Waukesha Suspect Charged with Five Counts of Intentional Homicide, Bail Set at $5 Million
Darrell Brooks, charged with killing five people and injuring nearly 50 after plowing through a Christmas parade with his sport utility vehicle on November 21, appears in Waukesha County Court in Waukesha, Wis., November 23, 2021. (Mark Hoffman/Pool via Reuters)