CNN has been widely ridiculed for a tweet which seemed to deflect blame for the Waukesha ramming attack from the driver to the car itself.

By World Israel News staff

CNN was taken to task on social media Sunday for a post which made it seem a car was responsible for the massacre at Waukesha Christmas parade.

Six were killed, including an eight year old boy, and more than 60 injured when a man drove an SUV through the Christmas parade on November 21. According to  apparently braking and zigzagging the car to target as many as possible.

But a week on, as Waukesha residents gathered to remember the victims, CNN tweeted: “Waukesha will hold a moment of silence today, marking one week since a car drove through a city Christmas parade, killing six people and injuring scores of others.”

The tweet immediately drew criticism and ridicule from others asking how it was possible for a car to carry out a deadly criminal attack.

Some used humor to ridicule CNN, such as New York Post writer Jon Levine, who tweeted sarcastically “Has this car been arrested yet?”, while former New York Times writer Nellie Bowles joked “Someone (Joe Rogan?) is radicalizing cars.”

The CEO of conservative satire outlet Babylon Bee, Seth Dillon likewise tweeted sarcastically: “We need answers from the manufacturer of this car. And we need laws that permit us to charge vehicles with a crime.”

His outlet later ran a satirical article headlined “Waukesha SUV Charged With Six Counts Of Murder,” The article taunted: “The 2010 Ford Escape crossover SUV that killed six people and injured many others during a Christmas parade last week on its own accord without the input of any human being whatsoever was charged with six counts of murder, sources confirmed over the weekend.”

Others, however, were scathing over CNN’s lack of journalistic integrity.

Florida political candidate Martha Bueno raged: “You all know @CNN is a political hack, but seriously, a ‘CAR DROVE THROUGH A PARADE?!’ Who writes for CNN? Obviously it’s someone who’s scared to call the murder of 6 what it really is: An act of domestic terrorism. Please hire actual journalists CNN.”

California congressional candidate Buzz Patterson was equally dismissive, tweeting: “A ‘car’ did this? Not a human being with intent to kill and maim and being held on $5 million bail? You guys are a joke.”

Conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza pointed out CNN’s hypocrisy, tweeting: “Not a ‘black leftist who supports BLM and vilifies white people.’ No, this CNN headline insists it was the ‘car’ that drove through the parade. Now imagine how CNN would frame this if the perpetrator happened to be white.”

While photojournalist Ford Fischer commented: “These sorts of headlines are where distrust of mainstream media come from. A car didn’t kill six people, a person did. They used a car to do it. People commit actions. Tools are just tools.”

The tweet linked through to an article, which itself failed to mention the suspect, named by authorities as Daryll E Brooks, until the final paragraph. Additionally, no mention was made in the article of a potential motive for the crime.

Last week independent journalist Andy Ngo revealed that, before they were taken down, Brook’s social media accounts were peppered with antisemitic, anti-white, and black nationalist statements dating back years. He is also a registered sex offender.

Among Brook’s posts were claims that the “true” Jews are black people, and that America moved “false white Jews” into the State of Israel in a bid to conquer the world.

Ngo was heavily criticized by mainstream media for his act of journalism.

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Darrell Edward Brooks posted support for Black Lives Matter and Black Hebrew Israelites online. 

By Donna Rachel Edmunds, World Israel News

The suspect in the deadly car ramming attack in Waukesha, Wisconsin, had a history of posting support for the Black Hebrew Israelites, antisemitic theories, and anti-white racist posts to social media, it has emerged.

Social media accounts belonging to Darrell Edward Brooks were screen captured by journalist Andy Ngo before they were removed from the internet. They reveal a history of posting violent threats and antisemitic conspiracy theories.

One post featured a photo of Hitler and a quote purportedly accredited to him before his death, explaining to a German soldier that he had been motivated to “defend … Germany” from “the Jews,” before claiming that America had “stolen” black people – “the true Hebrews” and of “moving … false white Jews into the state of Israel.”

The post echoes the beliefs of the Black Hebrew Israelites, who claim to be the true descendants of the Biblical Israelites. Brooks, who posted online under his rapper name ‘MathBoi Fly’ posted the image in November 2015 with the comment “real game rite (sic) here.”

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Lyrics in his rap songs included “f*** the pigs” (police) and “F*** Donald Trump.” They also reference killing people with AK-47 rifles.

Other posts showed support for Black Lives Matter and incitement to violence against white people. On June 9, 2020, Brooks posted: “when we start bakk knokkin white people TF [the f***] out ion [I don’t] wanna hear it…the old white ppl 2, KNOKK DEM [them] TF OUT!! PERIOD..’ followed by middle finger and expletive emojis.

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Brooks has been charged with the murders of Virginia Sorenson, 79, Leanna Owens, 71, Tamara Durand, 52, Jane Kulich, 52, and 82-year-old Wilhelm Hospel, all of whom were members of a dance group named the Dancing Grannies.

A further charge of first degree intentional homicide is expected to be brought following the death of 8-year-old Jackson Sparks in hospital. Sparks was walking in the parade with his brother when hit by the SUV. The charge carries a mandatory life sentence.

In addition to the six deaths, at least 60 people were injured when an SUV was driven through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, some of whom are still in serious condition. The affidavit against the suspect shows that the driver stopped, then accelerated, and zigzagged across the road to try and hit as many people as possible.

The homicide charges against Brooks have left the Milwaukee District Attorney’s Office shamefaced after it emerged that Brooks had been let out of jail on a $1000 bond just weeks before the ramming attack. He was arrested on domestic violence charges on November 2 after attempting to run down his ex-girlfriend, but was released when he posted the bail on November 11.

Brooks is a career criminal with at least 15 arrests in Wisconsin alone for charges including possession of drugs, strangulation and suffocation, battery, illegally possessing firearms as a convicted felon and resisting arrest.

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