According to a press report, in a letter to the media on Wednesday, Darrell Brooks’ mother opened up about the miserable tragedy and blamed the incompetency of mental health services for her son.
Brooks used to stay with his 62 years old mother, Dawn Woods, when he steered his red Ford Escape in an annual Christmas parade on the 21st of November which led to the killings of six people, and more than 60 were injured as per the court documents.
Brook’s Mother Noted He Was Not Provided With the Required Help
In the letter, Woods penned “We are not making excuses, but we believe what has happened is because he was not given the help and resources he needed.”
According to the letter and court records, 39 years old, Brooks went through mental health issues and he was also on medication since he was a child.
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The letter reads “Institutions that are equipped and have trained staff is what was needed as well as resources in the communities where people who suffer from mental illness live,” adding “Jail is not the answer, because they get released back into society sicker than what they were when they entered. We all see what a tragedy that can turn out to be.”
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Brook, a career criminal, has an extensive criminal record with over two dozen arrests spreading over Georgia, Wisconsin, and Nevada.
In an extensive slammed move, a junior Milwaukee prosecutor demanded $1,000 cash bail following he was criticized for reportedly trampling down his ex-girlfriend with his SUV, which left a scar of tire on her left leg.
On 5th November, Brook’s mother posted her son’s bail and after 16 days, reportedly he used the same car to execute the terrible attack on holiday celebrants.
John Chisholm who is the Attorney of Milwaukee District described the bail as “inappropriately low” and initiated an internal investigation about the decision.
Woods wrote, “We as a society must take mental illness seriously by fixing a broken system or suffer the consequences, sad as it is to say what happened in Waukesha will keep happening all over this country, in one form or another with more innocent lives lost and grieving families and communities.”
Dawn Woods gave her condolences to those who became the victim of the miserable event as well as the Waukesha community.
The letter notes “What was meant to be a joyous day became a day of tragedy and heartache — a day that we wish with all our heart would have never happened,” she further continued that Brooks belongs from a “loving Christian family” and is the grandson of ministers.
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According to Brook’s mother, the problem started to arise when being an adult it was ascertained that he is not suffering from mental illness any further and his diagnosis was stopped.
The letter reads “Instead of offering help and resources to combat the problem, a jail cell was given over and over again.”
