Wisconsin Christmas parade interrupted after vehicle reportedly plows into crowd
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Waukesha resident witnessed ‘horrifying’ moment an SUV plowed through a parade
Brayden Kowalski, a 19-year-old man who grew up in Waukesha, said that he was at the parade with his family when he saw an SUV accelerate through the crowd.
"He’s just blowing through people, kind of just dinging a lot of people, bodies flying everywhere,” Kowalski said. "These people didn’t get run over, they got f------ thrown through the air. Like a lot of people got tossed up into the air.”
Almost immediately after the SUV went through the crowd, Kowalski and his mom went out into the crowd to try to help people who were hurt. "You could see the fragments of brains,” he said. "There were quite a few people with broken limbs, like a lot of broken legs, a lot of people shouting with broken legs. It was horrifying.”
Kowalski grew up in Waukesha, a town of about 70,000 people. "This is the most peaceful loving town. Everyone is so friendly,” Kowalski said. "I know people say, ‘You would never expect this to happen here.' But this is one of those towns. You would have never thought this would happen."
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Hard to find information on major media, like MSN. I can see why after finding this.
Sickening
Everyone is waiting to find out who it was and what happened. It happened in Wisconsin.
Multiple fatalities and injuries.
Supposedly there will be an official press conference at 9 PM EST
Yeah, and the media is going to all over what is his political bias... Even if they aren't they are still going to call him a domestic terrorist... (they may be right in this case)
We need to be careful here....
I'm being very patient. If it's what I think it is I'm going to tear into many.
Even if they aren't they are still going to call him a domestic terrorist..
I got a hunch the media will be calling "him" or "them" deranged.
It has been reported that the driver was a young black male... I sure hope it wasn't a response to the KR verdict...
Um- Hum!
Truly awful. Such a sad thing to happen to good people.
I sure wish that my son who lives in Milwaukee could find a comparable job in Canada and move his family back to his home country. NOBODY is safe in the USA from some random criminal act being perpetrated.
"find a comparable job in Canada and move his family"
Don't choke on your righteousness, Buzz - Canada's the home of the sidewalk plow.
I can't open Reuters, but is it this story that I already had posted below?
That was an exceptionally unusual event. When it comes to gun violence, terrorism and events like the van on the sidewalk there is no way to compare Canada to the USA. So YES, I will be righteous about Canada.
He's only trying to make the point that violence happens anywhere and everywhere... You have made that point yourself...
Opinion is the issue, in yours it is less violent in Canada and China than in the USA.... I don't think so, and in my 64 years on the planet I've only come across one situation in which I've felt the need to get violent... To me this isn't a violent country say compared to Mexico.. Yes, I've lived in Mexico....
We have one huge thing different than any other nation on the planet... A huge multi-faceted media with a political agenda...
And unfortunately that colors everything one sees and hears about the USA... You can be as righteous about Canada's apparent non-violence, (in your opinion) as well as China's apparent non-violence due to a lack of guns in the hands of it's citizens...
We both know that's not reality, it's about how we feel about our living environments.... I'm sure people in Mexico feel equally assured of their safety at home...
The world is a violent place, ALL OVER it.... no one can escape it, we just hope and pray it doesn't visit us...
The sidewalk attack shook the usually peaceful streets of Toronto, a major tourist destination. The city, which has a population of 2.8 million, recorded 61 murders the year previously.
In China, 2011, the reported murder rate was 1.0 per 100,000 people, with 13,410 murders. The murder rate in 2018 was 0.5. The reported murder rates have been criticized for under-reporting unsolved murders due to police salaries being based on the rate of solved cases.
So it's relative....
USA 4.0 per 100,000
Canada 0.5 per 100,000
The gun murder rate in the USA is EIGHT times that of Canada.
I rest my case
I'm not going to bother to destroy that chart, they have cherry picked the statistics to make the point you need to argue... I've been arguing the gun death rate lie for over a decade. It's old and tiresome my friend...
I respect you too much to do it... It's just not worth it...
If your happy with the situation where your living I'm happy for you... That is what I wanted to communicate is all, saying it can't or doesn't happen in Canada as much is just an opinion, the same with china....
Your entitled to your opinions and whatever stats and charts you can cobble together to justify your opinion from whatever anti-gun organizations you can.. You do not like guns I know that and I'm not challenging you on that either....
And that is all I'm going to say on the matter brother... I rest my case...
Well, that press conference was a total stonewall. They don't want us evil white people to get riled up!
Ok, here goes: This is what happens when progressives stir up racial animosity, Those to blame start with that POS in the white house and his disgusting vp and it extends to every scumbag that has been running around calling this country racist.
This is what happens!
Reports are coming out now that they have one in custody and are looking for a young black male with dredlocks....
I hate to say it, but it's exactly what I thought.
Where are you getting the info?
I've got that much. I was waiting to update the info, but they are holding back.....And we know why!
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straight out of the nazi playbook. Tell a big lie enough, keep repeating it, eventually people will believe it.
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That comment is definitely a big lie right out of the Nazi playbook. Goebbels would be proud.
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Don't get involved. I'll have more to say tomorrow.
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This wasn’t Antifa’s style. If whoever did this believes false msm reports that KR was acquitted of shooting African Americans then the msm bears some blame.
We aren't going to get much info out of these progressive officials. They want to wait until people cool off, but nobody is going to cool off!
Waukesha, Wisconsin Police Chief Daniel Thompson confirmed in a press conference Sunday that a red SUV drove through Christmas parade barricades and struck at least 20 individuals, including children.
Thompson said an officer who has been on the force for just over six years opened fire on the vehicle. A person of interest is currently in custody but Thompson stressed that the investigation is “very active.”
Some of the fatalities are children, Thompson said, and the identities won't be revealed until families are notified.
Waukesha Fire Chief Steven Howard said his department transported 11 adults and 12 children to six area hospitals.
Imagine feeling the need to defend an officer who was trying to stop the vehicle? This is the crazy land of the left. I think we may have a real insurrection. I can't see how people are going to tolerate this for another 3 years.
This just may be the straw that breaks the camels back... If this has ANYTHING to do with BLM, Politics and race hate, I think they are going to get what they want, in spades...
I hope so!
White House releases statement on car plowing through Wisconsin parade
“The White House is closely monitoring the situation in Waukesha and our hearts go out to everyone who has been impacted by this terrible incident," the Biden White House said in a statement. "We have reached out to state and local officials to offer any support and assistance as needed.”
FBI issues response to reports of car plowing through crowd at Wisconsin parade
"The FBI Milwaukee field office is aware of the reporting of an incident in Waukesha," an FBI spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "The local and state authorities are leading the response."
Wisconsin governor responds after vehicle reportedly plows into parade crowd in Waukesha
"Kathy and I are praying for Waukesha tonight and all the kids, families, and community members affected by this senseless act," Governor Tony Evers tweeted Sunday. "I'm grateful for the first responders and folks who acted quickly to help, and we are in contact with local partners as we await more information."
Fuck Biden! The blood is on his hands
Absolutely, I'm sure they are on it to potentially spin it to their benefit...
I am requesting that the mods or Perrie lock this extremely disturbing article and right wing comments. This is ridiculous.
Disturbing? Why is it disturbing? Feeling guilty about something? It’s very recent and tragic news.
The article itself is news. The comments are disturbing extremist garbage and should be summarily removed .
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What have I said that is extremist? lol.
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Exactly and well said. No reason whatsoever to justify the actions suggested in post #8.
I totally disagree with your premise and all that it represents.
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They are now reporting that some of the dead are children.... Very young children...
read casualty count is 11 adults and 12 children ..that includes injured and or killed
i will with hold comment until more becomes available , what i can say after viewing videos , there is no appearence that this was an accident or mechanical failure of some sort .
We have a Christmas parade here the first Saturday night each December and it ends with Santa coming to town so naturally an event like this would be packed with kids and young people in and or observing the parade close up.
This is a very bad situation. People were hurt. Members here are angry about what happened.
All members are reminded to not insult other members and keep comments civil. I understand there is a need to express your opinion and that is the purpose of this place, BUT BE CIVIL
Do not cause this to be locked or tickets given
Thanks Charger
Until we know more, I would like all the speculation and name-calling to stop. Remember the Murrow Building, everyone thought it was Muslims and they were wrong. Enough with the nasty retoric.
A few years ago something similar happened at the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade. It was the result of an impaired driver on Ambien...
There is something going on at Carroll University now as well, the Campus just went on lockdown due to some unknown "incident", Don't know if it is related to this but they are reporting it...
Carroll Uni has been taken off lockdown, evidently the parade crashers ditched the SUV a short distance from the campus so they locked it down to be safe...
but you all need to watch this...
Scroll down for the video....
Absolutely Brutal....
It’s a shame wisconsin doesn’t have the death penalty because the driver of the suv deserves it, and not some drawn out version with endless appeals.
is it just me or does that look like someone in the parade was targeted ?
I don't think so, what it looks like to me is he ws running from something, got himself trapped, slowed down looking for a way thru but no one was paying attention... Then he tried to push his way thru and when he hit the first person, a bit harder than he thought he was going to, they went down, and it became a fuck-it situation and he floored it...
He drove thru almost a quarter mile of parade at a high rate of speed without hitting anyone before he came to the marching band covering the entire street... with no where else to go, he just ploughed them under... He did it a second time a bit further up the street into a bunch of dancing children....
Absolutely ZERO redemption points for him, he just didn't give a damn, whatever he was running from, it wasn't worth anyone's life...
Typical selfish thug thinking...
Umm, yeeaaahh. Wasn't that said by others in a case where the perpetrator just got off on all counts?
Nope.
The Innocent man who was forced to defend himself got off because he didn't commit any crimes... This guy mowing down almost 50 people was running from a domestic violence incident involving a knife attack.. And his mowing was deliberate, he made a choice KNOWING full well that such choice was going to seriously injure or kill people....
The comparison isn't apples to oranges, it is apples to watermelons...
One is clearly a criminal the video proves it beyond any doubt, just like those three thugs that are about to get theirs for killing an unarmed black man...
The other was an innocent forced as a last resort to violence by a mob intent on doing him great harm....
The police chief spoke today and said he was not being chased by the police when he decided to murder people.
Didn't say he was my friend, but he was running, there is video of him passing the parade for just over a quarter mile at a very high rate of speed before he reached the band which he mowed down cause there was no other place to go.... Decidedly he chose to continue, full well knowing what he was going to be doing to the people he was running over...
yeah, I just want to emphasize he was not being pursued by police. Some of the more irresponsible media outlets (CNN) have been pushing that line so it doesn't seem like he intentionally decided to drive his truck full speed into a crowd.
They deleted the video a minute ago.... (but I capped it)
Sounds very similar to Nice in France a few years ago...
So sorry to hear of the lost souls and hope the injured recover..
How do people even think of these things to do to one another..🥀🥀
His only thinking was for himself... Anyone else was the LAST thing on his mind...
That craziness happened in Toronto a few years ago as well. Here is a blurb about it...
For a few years before I retired from my practice I had an office on that corner, and lived a block away. I used to walk every day on the very route that maniac drove on the sidewalk. It made my skin crawl when I read it. I don't recall anything like that happening in Toronto previously.
I dont know why the driver hit all those people, and any of the possibilities are still open.
I do know that he drove for a few blocks along the parade route without hitting anyone, even though there were many people, including a marching band , on the street ,but he avoided all those people until he came to a block where another marching band spanned across the entire width of the street and he couldnt get through without running anyone over. If all he wanted to do was run white people over why did he wait so long to start doing it?
The NBC television station in Chicago is saying the incident was the aftermath of a police chase that came after a knife fight . The red car was running from the cops.
That would seem to rule out the so called racial motive.
A white guy shot three white guys and somehow there was a racial motive.
lets see what this scumbag was about before jumping to any conclusions.
the far right conspiracy crowd on twitter are already saying he was BLM on social media. For some reason no proof.
The fact that he drove past numerous potential victims without hitting them would seem to argue against a racial motive.
I wouldnt mind seeing him get the death penalty though.
Yep lets not accuse him of being a BLM racist or Antifa fascist until we find out for sure.... A good possibility of him being an unaffiliated thug...
Well, he is a black guy.
Current Reports on the situation in Waukesha Wis.....
5 dead and over 40 injured.. Many people self transported to the local hospitals, no numbers released yet but officials fear that the death toll will rise.....
It has been reported that some of the victims have gunshot wounds from a high powered rifle.... No confirmation yet, just reports...
Another report is that there are three suspects, one in custody two on the loose....
Downtown Waukesha is in lockdown, schools are closed and police are going door to door, it is felt that the two suspects are still in the area.......
Still no idea what caused this to take place being reported...
No official reports yet on the aftermath, police are still investigating...
And then you have this....
Unfortunately I cannot find any reply, retraction, apology or anything from the Illinois Democratic Party... sigh
The precedent has been set she says? what is she looking for a race war? she is sure as heck saying the right things to get one...
What a psychopath.
”The blood of Kyle Rittenhouse’s victims is on the hands of Wisconsin citizens, even the children."
That is a horrible quote for sure.
Lol. Trying to make her the victim for claiming kids somehow bear responsibility for the the rittenhouse verdict and mass murder is Karma.
This is much ado about nothing.
How many of Trumps hundreds of insane tweets did you bother to criticize?
But it’s all Fox News fault for reporting what she said and not at all her fault for saying that.
But what about….
Because Mary Lemanski holds a leadership position with the Democratic Party of DuPage County, IL.
I've bolded her name above to help you see it. So as you can see, she holds a leadership position in a political party. If you are going to excuse her tweets then you must excuse ALL tweets from all political party members.
She’s the real victim.
She is staff, an employee.
With a leadership position
She did have a leadership position, seems that she resigned this morning and her name has already been removed from their website.
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Let's just imagine this was a white guy who plowed into a parade of mostly black people.
Do you think progressives would be dismissing similar tweets about blood being on the black kids hands if it came from a republican?
I have never heard of Mary Lemanski and I live in Illinois.
Why is what she says on twitter any different from the the thousands of people who say reckless things all the time?
How many seeds have you authored premised on one random person saying something stupid?
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Kind of like people who said, Kyle Rittenhouse had no reason to be in Kenosha, or he was possessing an illegal weapon, or that he crossed state lines with an illegal weapon or he was a white supremacist.
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From wire daily news: An Illinois Democrat official who seemed to say the Christmas parade crash in Waukesha, Wisconsin, yesterday was a form of karma for the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse has resigned in disgrace. Mary Lemanski was the social media director of the Democratic Party of DuPage County. She resigned Monday morning when her comments caused a major backlash.
This is heartbreaking! Little kids watching a parade. SMH
Darrell Brooks is a huge piece of shit and so is Mary Lemanski!! Looks like the Milwaukee DA’s office is conducting an internal review of Brooks bail recommendations. A little too late guys!!
"Darrell Brooks, the suspect accused of driving into a Christmas parade on Sunday, killing five, was arrested last month for using a 2010 maroon Ford Escape to run over the mother of his child, according to court documents." This guy just likes to run people over, they say he was involved in another domestic incident moments before plowing through this Parade. And he used the same truck as last time, you'd think it would have been impounded as evidence after he ran over his ex. Why the hell was he even on the street he should have been in jail.
Good question, I wonder where he got the bail for the attempted murder of his wife...