Mark Hoffman / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA Today Network/Sipa USA The cycle of tragedyīrooks was just 11 years old when he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and depression while growing up in the inner-city of Milwaukee without his father, court records show. Darrell Brooks is charged with killing five people and injuring nearly 50 after plowing through a Christmas parade with his SUV on Nov. Over the next two decades, Brooks would proceed to wreak havoc across three states as he racked up convictions for abusing his partners, raping and impregnating a teenager and a consistent streak of other violent crimes.Ī review of his history - patched together from court documents, criminal records, interviews and public records - reveals that all along the way, not a single social safety net caught him, until it was too late. MILWAUKEE - The man who turned a quaint, small town Christmas parade into a blood-soaked nightmare that left six dead and over 60 injured is a career criminal who’s spent more than half of his life trapped in a revolving door of incarceration, drug abuse and violence.ĭarrell Brooks, 39, allegedly used a red Ford Escape to plow through revelers at an annual Christmas celebration in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on Sunday, but his life of crime started 22 years ago when he was just 17 years old. New York must end cashless bail before the list of victims grows even longer Wisconsin lawmakers want DA ousted over parade attacker’s ‘inappropriately low’ bail

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