Darrell Brooks defiantly argues innocence in closing argument, tells jury to ignore evidence

[00:00:00] Speaker 1: Go ahead, Mr. Brooks, your closing argument, please. [00:00:09] Speaker 2: Good afternoon. It's been a long day. First off, I'd just like to start by letting you guys know that it's a lot of information that you guys should be privy to, I believe. And one thing that I believe that you have not been privy to is the truth of your rights and your duties being the jury. The fact that you and you alone have the power. Not well prepared DAs with well prepared and clearly rehearsed speeches and exhibits and a lot of theatrics. Frankly, not the judge. You and you alone have the power. You and you alone decide what is truth and what isn't truth. You should be informed that you have the power to nullify any law that you don't agree with. [00:01:33] Speaker 3: Objection. Move to strike. Misstatement. [00:01:35] Speaker 1: Sustained. [00:01:36] Speaker 2: Objection. [00:01:37] Speaker 1: I will strike from the record the last statement made by the defendant. The jury will disregard it. [00:01:43] Speaker 2: Which is clearly what I've been saying. I believe that not only is it fair, but it's essential that you be privy to all knowledge. Not knowledge that certain people feel that you should hear and shouldn't hear. Disguised under the color of law. The fact of the matter is, just like I did with my opening statements, I don't have a well prepared or rehearsed speech. I didn't look in the mirror and say certain points to myself over and over again to make sure I have them right or anything like that. I've chosen to speak from the heart. In my opening statements, and now I'm going to speak from the heart. What you won't hear me do is argue facts. And the reason you won't hear me argue facts is because I believe that it takes away from what should be recognized. The tragedy of this event. It should be recognized. Trying to argue facts of this, facts of that. I'm not going to waste your time doing that. It's a little emotional. I apologize for the long pause. It's hard to keep everything together emotionally. And honestly, I don't believe that I have any more tears left. It's been a hard year. For the families. For the families, mostly. And that should not be lost on anyone. It shouldn't be taken away. I said it before and I'll say it again. It's a lot of people that are healing. That are attempting to heal. That opens the door to talk about forgiveness for a little bit. With every healing process, there comes a forgiving process. It's not an easy thing for anyone. What you've been hearing from the prosecution, and not to take anything away from them, but let's call it what it is. You've been hearing a lot of reruns. Same things over and over and over. No different than when you turn on the radio and you first hear that song that you don't like when you first hear it. But they play it so much that eventually you start saying the words to yourself before you even realize it. And then you sit and you go, I hate that song. Why am I singing? That's what's been happening. Rerun. Over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over. Attempting to make things stick in your head that simply aren't true. Why do I say, what am I saying? I say, look at the testimony. The thing from the prosecution here has been intent, intent, intent, intent. We all know what's been said. We all know the picture that's been painted. Even the prosecution said it themselves. How can you look at somebody's head and say, this is what they intended to do? And for a year, I've sat and gone through this feeling so powerless, letting other people run with the narratives. Sitting back helpless while other people paint a picture that has zero truth. Zero. I understand about healing myself. Tragedy, pain, all that. A lot of it, there's no need to get into. I myself, in my own life, I've had to do a lot of healing. As a man with children myself. I find it hard to believe that anyone who's really had conversations with me, spent time around me, would think for one second that this is an intentional act. I've never heard of someone intentionally trying to hurt someone. While attempting to blow their horn. While attempting to alert people of their presence. Which brings me to more information that I believe that you should have been privy to. And I'm sure that the prosecution will beg to differ. But the fact of the matter is that the vehicle in question make a motto of 2010. Ford Escape. The vehicle in question. Actually, 2008, 2009, and 2010 of that motto was in fact recalled. [00:10:22] Speaker 3: Objection, misstatement of the facts, facts, not in evidence, in proper argument, your honor. Sustained. [00:10:28] Speaker 2: Was in fact recalled. Was in fact a class action lawsuit against Ford. Objection, facts, not in evidence, your honor. For those models, for those model vehicles. [00:10:39] Speaker 1: Sustained, the jurable disregard. [00:10:41] Speaker 2: Information that you should have been privy to. That you weren't allowed to be privy to. That you weren't allowed to be privy to. Why? I don't know. That information. Malfunctioning throttle bodies. [00:11:00] Speaker 1: Mr. Brooks, move out. [00:11:03] Speaker 2: It's information that you should have been privy to. Vehicles that malfunction and accelerate not being able to be stopped. [00:11:12] Speaker 3: Objection, that is a misstatement. It's information, it's information. There's an objection, hold on, go ahead. Move to strike statements by Mr. Brooks. Sorry for the interruption. There are facts, not in evidence, your honor, and it's a complete misstatement. Sustained. [00:11:28] Speaker 2: How is it a misstatement when I have the information? [00:11:32] Speaker 1: Mr. Brooks, move on. [00:11:34] Speaker 2: This is information that I feel like you needed to know. You should have known. Information that was taken away from you. Why? To prove a case. Information that you definitely should have been privy to. The DA says the defendant has an utter disregard for human life. Not realizing that they're talking about someone that has, again, has children. Talking about someone that watched their children come out of the womb and be born into this world. Cut them biblical cord. Held them before their mom even did. Moments that I'll never forget. And yet they say disregard, utter disregard for human life. They made reference to a rage. As if they were, or if this particular DA was right there, standing right there. As if this DA is a psychiatrist. I say to myself with rage, what do you mean rage? How can you characterize that? How can you have the audacity to diagnose what someone's brain is, where it's at, what it's thinking, why it thinks the way it does? DA makes references to blocks of no one being injured, but then says it's intentional. You add that up with the supposed rage. The supposed intent to harm and kill. And it doesn't kick in until well within blocks. And it doesn't kick in until well within blocks. And maybe it's just me, but I would think if I was characterizing someone with this intent to kill and this rage and this anger. And why weren't people immediately harmed? Why was someone with intent to kill and rage, try to alert people of their presence, repeatedly honk their horn? You heard a detective, if you recall, testify that the vehicle that he observed was not only honking his horn but was not speeding. So where does this rage kick in? Where does this insatiable intent to kill kick in? They speak as someone who's known someone for years. What brings me back to the vehicle. What if the vehicle couldn't stop because of the malfunction? [00:16:40] Speaker 3: Objection fact, not in evidence. [00:16:43] Speaker 2: What if the driver of the vehicle was unable to stop the vehicle? Because of that fact, what if the driver may have panicked? Does that make the driver a craze or not craze, a rage? Does that make the driver in a rage and intent on killing people? DA played an exhibit 17. You don't see anyone struck in that vehicle. On that exhibit, you don't see anyone struck. With someone who had this intent to kill. This rage. As she says. If that was their intent, wouldn't they have taken the opportunity to hit as many people as they could? Target people? Mow down people? References made to this vehicle. The. Damage. Says this is all caused by bodies, but then later turns around and says. Hits barricades and other objects. For testimony about hearing loud crashes and things of that nature, but. The DA wants you to believe that this all came from people. Evidence doesn't support that. So I go back to trying to wrap my head around everything that's happened in the last year. Praying for those families, praying for the people that tragically lost their life because that should not be lost either. The fact that there was lives lost. And all the emphasis has been put on the alleged defendant. And the people have been disregarded. Makes me wonder. Does the DA even care about those people? There's been prayers going up every day. There's been suffering on both sides. There's been suffering on both sides. There's been threats, hate mail. Because of that. Because of the narratives that's been put out there. The. Misconceptions that have been put out there. The lies that have been put out there. Lies that have. Caused my children not to be able to go to school. To be bullied. For my mother to have to leave her home. And stay at a hotel. Because she's afraid for her safety. Because she gets. Hate mail shoved through her. Her mailbox. My nieces and nephews to fear for their safety. My nieces and nephews to fear for their safety. What's been equally hard. It's not only. Having to answer the questions from. My daughter who was seven at the time. My baby. My baby girl. Who was seven at the time. Is now eight. Attempting to ask. Answer her questions. That she's asking. And still continue to shield her. From what she sees. What she hears. Having a newborn son. That I haven't even been able to meet. I haven't been able to hold. Touch. Kiss. Having to navigate. Everything that comes with. This whole situation. Are still attempting to wrap my head around me. I can't honestly say. How many times. I've sat in my cell. Especially during lights out. Alone. Where it's just you. And just been. Praying. And asking myself. How could this happen. Not just for the people. But for everybody involved. The community too. How could this happen. How. The hardest questions. You can ask. Is those. That don't have an answer. No matter how much. Thinking you do. No matter how much. You try to. Look at it. From different perspectives. And. Listen to other. Outside. Perspectives. And listen to people. That you trust. And that you love. Still coming up with nothing. But to think. For one second. One. One question. I never had to ask. Was if this was intentional. That's something. That never even. I never asked once. Because I know it wasn't. It's a matter of fact. It never even crossed my mind. To even attempt. To ask myself that. Because I know it wasn't. And I know sometimes. During this trial. Probably doesn't show. Maybe hard to believe. But trust me when I say. No one. Outside of the families. That had to go through this. No one's heart. Is more in pieces than mine. So again. I go back to all these exhibits. Go back to everything. That's been shown. Everything that's been testified to. Everything you've heard. During this whole process. This trial. And again. I say the same thing. That I said earlier. Same thing I said. In. Opening statements. I'm not reading from any paper. Any books. Everything you've heard. In opening statements. Everything you're hearing now. Is from right here. Everything. You have the decision. You and you alone. All of you. You have the decision. I'm sure you've. Taken a lot of notes. During this process. I don't know. Some days. I'm longer than others. A lot of movement. In and out of the courtroom. For various reasons. Remember the power that you have. Don't for one second. Let it be taken away from you. I can never. Understand. The position of. Sitting on the jury. And it's something. Of this magnitude. So. I'm sure. There's a lot of pressure. I pray that the right decision. Is made. [00:29:56] Speaker ?: The right decision. [00:30:01] Speaker 2: The right decision. So. Almost like that. That message. A message. Well not message. But that writing. When we're in our vehicles. And we have that rear view mirror. And it said things are. Closer than they appear. But it's also another way of saying. Sometimes things aren't as they appear. [00:30:40] Speaker ?: I can't speak for anyone else. [00:30:56] Speaker 2: I can't speak for anyone else. But me. Myself. I believe in Jesus Christ. That's how I was raised. That's what I believe in. None of us are perfect. But I try every day. To make sure that. I acknowledge him. That's why every time. I step in this courtroom. I have my bible with me. Everywhere I go. I even read it on breaks. Recesses. This is not something. That started. At the beginning of this incident. This is something that. It's been instilled in me. Since I came out of the womb. This is how my family lives their life. This is how we was raised. For whatever mistakes that I myself have made in my life. I made peace with God. Made peace. I'm happy to say that. My conscience is clear. And because I believe. I trust him with my life. Nobody would never know why. It was his will for this to happen. A lot of lives were changed that day. Mine included. God's way is not our own. And no matter how much sometimes. We want to question. We have to have faith. [00:34:15] Speaker ?: Look inside yourself. [00:34:41] Speaker 2: Look inside yourself. and make the right decision. [00:34:52] Speaker ?: Look inside yourself. [00:34:52] Speaker 2: And make the right decision. Look inside your heart. You have everything in your hands now. You have everything in your hands now. Everything. You have everything in your hands now. [00:36:18] Speaker ?: You have everything in your hands now. [00:36:19] Speaker 2: You have everything in your hands now. You have everything in your hands now. [00:36:20] Speaker ?: You have everything in your hands now. You have everything in your hands now. You have everything in your hands now. You have everything in your hands now. You have everything in your hands now. You have everything in your hands now. You have everything in your hands now. You have everything in your hands now. You have everything in your hands now. [00:36:29] Speaker 2: You have everything in your hands now. You have everything in your hands now. 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I don't read the rest of that letter yet. I don't read the rest of that letter yet. I don't read the rest of that letter yet. [00:47:13] Speaker 2: I don't read the rest of that letter yet. I don't read the rest of that letter yet. [00:47:15] Speaker ?: I don't read the rest of that letter yet. I don't read the rest of that letter yet. I don't read the rest of that letter yet. I don't read the rest of that letter yet. I don't read the rest of that letter yet. I don't read the rest of that letter yet. I don't read the rest of that letter yet. [00:47:22] Speaker 2: I don't read the rest of that letter yet. I don't read the rest of that letter yet. I don't read the rest of that letter yet. I don't read the rest of that letter yet. I don't read the rest of that letter yet. I don't read the rest of that letter yet. I don't read the rest of that letter yet. I don't read the rest of that letter yet. [00:47:30] Speaker ?: I don't read the rest of that letter yet. I don't read the rest of that letter yet. [00:47:32] Speaker 2: I don't read the rest of that letter yet. I don't read the rest of that letter yet. [00:47:34] Speaker ?: I don't read the rest of that letter yet. I don't read the rest of that letter yet. I don't read the rest of that letter yet. I don't read the rest of that letter yet. I don't read the rest of that letter yet. I don't read the rest of that letter yet. [00:47:41] Speaker 2: I know it's probably not proper, but you guys deserve a round of applause if you could get one. Thank you, God, sincerely. And I know and I have faith and I trust that you guys know what's right. Ladies and gentlemen, I don't think it's fair to just say guys. I believe in your heart you know what's right. Thank you. [00:48:47] Speaker 1: Thank you, sir. Before I give the state an opportunity to present rebuttal, please stand for a minute. So please stand. [00:49:20] Speaker ?: All right. [00:49:21] Speaker 1: Have a seat, please. And Attorney Opper, I did time both closings. You have 13:28 left. [00:49:29] Speaker ?: Thank you, Judge. [00:49:31] Speaker 3: I think that'll be an issue. Folks, let me just say this. Mr. Brooks stands here and professes to speak to you from his heart. He plays on your sympathy. He talks about his children. He talks about the hardships that he's encountered and his family's encountered. And he brushes over the loss to the community. He wants to talk about how he's never held his newborn son. He never once acknowledges the Sorenson family, the Owen family, the Durand family, the Hostel family, the Kulik family, the Sparks family. Never once. It's nice that Mr. Brooks can get letters from his loved ones. I don't know why he did this. I told you that. But actions define a person. It's that simple. You can stand with the Bible in your hands all day long and profess to be the finest man under God that you can be. But when you drive through a parade route and roll over children, children with band instruments, to the extent that your vehicle heaves up and down. Your intent is known, Mr. Brooks. It doesn't have to be guessed. It's known. You don't have to stand and wonder as he claims to. For him to keep going after he drove over those children in the band. And have Jackson Sparks fly off the front hood of his car, lifeless, and keep going. And have Jane Kulik fly off the hood of his car, run her over, and keep going. I'm not going to go on. You get it. You need to look in the mirror, Mr. Brooks. If you want to accuse me of practicing my closing argument, you need to look in the mirror, sir. Your actions are that of a murderer. You murdered these six people. You endangered the safety of 61 others. There are 68 victims in this case, folks. That's not an accident. That's not a, gee, I woke up one day and don't know how I found myself in this position. If you have some explaining to do to your children, Mr. Brooks, I recommend you do it. [00:52:53] Speaker ?: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. [00:52:55] Speaker 2: Thank you.