The Waukesha Christmas Parade Attack: The Manhunt, the Interrogation, and the $1,000 Bail Behind It All On November 21, 2021, thousands of families lined the streets of downtown Waukesha, Wisconsin, for the city’s 58th annual Christmas parade. Within minutes, a red SUV drove through the parade route, and six lives were lost. In Part 1 of our Waukesha series, we use official public records to retrace what happened that day: 🔍 The domestic dispute that came just before the attack 🚔 The manhunt through Waukesha neighborhoods, and how close Darrell Brooks came to getting away 📞 Real 911 and dispatch audio from the response 🎥 Excerpts from Brooks’s custodial interview with Waukesha Police detectives ⚖️ The $1,000 bail he was released on less than three weeks earlier, and the questions it raised for the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office Brooks was convicted on all counts in October 2022 and sentenced to six consecutive life terms without the possibility of release. 📂 SOURCES Custodial interview footage, 911/dispatch audio, and investigative materials were obtained from official public records. Trial footage is from public court proceedings in State of Wisconsin v. Darrell E. Brooks Jr., Waukesha County Circuit Court. ⚖️ DISCLAIMER This video is for documentary, educational, and public-interest purposes. Facts are drawn from public records, court proceedings, and published reporting. Commentary on bail policy reflects the views of this channel. Some segments are dramatized and labeled as such. Our thoughts remain with the victims of the Waukesha Christmas Parade attack, their families, and the Waukesha community. 💬 What could have prevented this? What would an appropriate bail have been after the first incident? Let us know in the comments. ▶️ Part 2 is coming soon: a front-row seat in the courtroom as the State of Wisconsin presents its case. 🔔 Subscribe to Justice in America for bodycam breakdowns, true crime, and public-interest legal coverage. #Waukesha #TrueCrime #JusticeInAmerica