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Darrell Brooks listens to victim statements during his sentencing in a Waukesha County Circuit Court in Waukesha, Wis., on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Dozens of people are expected to speak at the sentencing proceedings for Brooks, who was convicted of killing six people and injuring dozens more when he drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in Waukesha last year. (Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

Man who killed 6 in Christmas parade gets life sentence, no chance of release

By Todd Richmond - Associated Press

Darrell Brooks reacts as the guilty verdict is read during his trial in a Waukesha County Circuit Court in Waukesha, Wis., on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. Dozens of people are expected to speak at sentencing proceedings for Brooks, who is convicted of killing six people when he drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee last year. He will face six mandatory life terms when Judge Jennifer Dorow sentences him on Wednesday. Dorow set aside Tuesday for victims and their families to address Brooks, marking the first time they will be allowed to confront him. (Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

‘I feel gutted’: Victims of parade crash speak at sentencing

By Amy Forliti and Todd Richmond - Associated Press

Defendant Darrell Brooks, representing himself, gets agitated during his trial while looking for documents in court, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, in Waukesha, Wis. Brooks is on trial for homicide and reckless endangerment where six people were killed and dozens of others injured when he drove an SUV through a Christmas parade. (Angela Peterson/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

The media double standard on racism

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Darrell Brooks Jr., center, is escorted out of the courtroom after making his initial appearance, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, in Waukesha County Court in Waukesha, Wis. Prosecutors in Wisconsin have charged Brooks with intentional homicide in the deaths of at least five people who were killed when an SUV was driven into a Christmas parade. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

Suspect in Waukesha parade carnage says he feels ‘demonized’

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Darrell Brooks Jr., center, is escorted out of the courtroom after making his initial appearance, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, in Waukesha County Court in Waukesha, Wis. Prosecutors in Wisconsin have charged Brooks with intentional homicide in the deaths of at least five people who were killed when an SUV was driven into a Christmas parade. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

Suspect in Waukesha parade carnage says he feels ‘demonized’

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Toppled chairs line W. Main St. in downtown Waukesha, Wis., after an SUV drove into a parade of Christmas marchers on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

SUV driver in parade crash may have been fleeing a crime

By Scott Bauer, Michael Balsamo and Mike Householder - Associated Press

This Nov. 16, 2021, photo provided by the Waukesha County Sheriff Office in Waukesha, Wis., shows Darrell Brooks Jr. Brooks, the SUV driver who plowed into a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, killing and injuring multiple people, was leaving the scene of a domestic dispute that had taken place just minutes earlier, Waukesha's police chief said Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. Police Chief Dan Thompson said that there was no evidence the bloodshed Sunday was a terrorist attack or that the suspect, Darrell Brooks Jr., knew anyone in the parade. Brooks acted alone, the chief said. (Waukesha County Sheriff Office via AP)

Man charged with 5 homicide counts in Christmas parade crash

By Scott Bauer - Associated Press