The red flag in Waukesha that authorities missed: suspect's domestic violence accusations
Perhaps we could’ve prevented this tragedy if our justice system placed more value on listening to and protecting women.
It will not surprise survivors of domestic abuse that Darrell Brooks' history of accusations of violence didn’t stop with his partner.
Brooks, accused of plowing his car into a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, allegedly screamed at a woman on Nov. 2, grabbed her phone so she couldn’t call for help and then chased her to a gas station. When she refused to get in his car, he punched her in the face, then ran over her, sending her to the hospital, according to the criminal complaint.
This violence accusations weren't taken anywhere near seriously enough, and we now have mass casualties, including children and grandmothers, as a result.
Perhaps we could’ve prevented this tragedy, and countless others by men who begin their mass violence with violence against an intimate partner, if our justice system placed more value on listening to and protecting women in the first place.