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Prosecutors: Wisconsin parade suspect meant to hurt people

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A Wisconsin man accused of killing six people and injuring many others by driving an SUV into a Christmas parade last year clearly intended to kill people, prosecutors told jurors Tuesday.
Darrell Brooks faces 76 charges in connection with the mayhem last November in Waukesha, a Milwaukee suburb, including six counts of first-degree intentional homicide. He would face mandatory life in prison if convicted of any of the homicide counts.
Waukesha County District Attorney Susan Opper focused on Brooks‘ intent during her closing arguments as Brooks‘ monthlong trial wound down. His failure to stop after hitting the first person in the parade shows he intended to kill people, she said.
“Just stop driving. That’s it. It’s really that simple. Not one person had to be hurt that day if he would have just stopped driving,” Opper said. “He plowed through 68 different people. Sixty-eight. How can you hit one and keep going? How can you hit two and keep going? How can you hit three and keep going? It didn’t faze him a bit. He kept going until he got to the end and there were no more bodies to hit.”
She concluded her remarks by playing a video of what she said was “the carnage” Brooks caused in the parade.

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