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Have they done their job this never wouldve happened. >> i do have a partial statement from the milwaukee county d.a.s office and i want to read it to you right now. "the state bail recommendation in this case was inappropriately low in light of the nature of the recent charges and the pending charges against mr. brooks. the bail recommendation in this case is not consistent with the approach of the milwaukee county district attorneys office toward matters involving violent crime nor was it cons...

This guys rap sheet. they trusted a civilian to interview this guy to get a bail recommendation. that kind of stuff has got to go. >> sean: dog, actual malpractice. every prosecutor, i was a prosecutor 10 years. you look at the criminal history, the pending cases the warrants for every defendant as you come up with a recommendation to the court. so if someone else was providing information other than the prosecutor themselves, its shameful. but i want to get your take on -- you have seen the lef...

Very interesting. he had a lot of facts, too. here is part of what he said. here he is from the 9:00 a.m. hour. >> he has a right to a speedy trial. ironically if he cant get a speedy trial within the time period he will be released. so they reduced the bail to $500, which eliminates this requirement for a trial but the same thing happened. he was released and posted it and he was out. so it was ridiculous that he should have been out. >> bill: i dont think anybody disagrees with that. the milwa...

All of this prompting the milwaukee county district attorney to launch an internal review saying the states bail recommendation in this case was inappropriately low in light of the nature of the recent charges in the pending charges against mr. brooks. the bail recommendation in this case is not consistent with the approach of a milwaukee district attorneys office towards matters involving violent crime, nor is it consistent with the risk assessment of the defendant prior to setting up bail. emi...

That based on what ive seen this individual will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars. >> bill: do you think the progressive influence of the milwaukee county d.a. john chisholm ill served the people of wisconsin based on his influence and his progressive push not just in milwaukee but other big cities around the country. >> john is pretty much a straight shooter. he wasnt in the courtroom, of course, assistant d.a. was. im quite confident will be reassigned to juvenile traffic. he is a...

Records that are available, they go back essentially to when he was a juvenile and they reveal an adult life filled with criminal activity. he faced charges for everything from strangling a person to concealed weapons, domestic abuse, resisting arrest. in milwaukee county he allegedly fought and shot at his nephew. on november 2 he tracked down and punched the mother of his child and ran over her with the same s.u.v. used in the parade attack. his bail was reduced to $1,000. the states bail reco...

Even the milwaukee county district attorney said it wasnt right. the states bail recommendation was inappropriately low in light of the recent charges and pending charges against mr. brooks. the waukesha police chief says two days later brooks got into another domestic fight. jumped into the s.u.v. and drove into the people at the parade. >> it was just -- i guess for lack of a better just carnage liking it to a war zone. adults and children that were injured. some of our first responders were t...

Face and dried blood on her left pants leg. they are conducting internal interview with no bail recommendation for brooks. the police now say five people are dead ranging in age from 52-81 years old. and all 18 children ages 3-16 taken to the hospital, six in critical condition. just days before thanksgiving, the milwaukee suburb welcoming the season of light with the parade is now in dark morning. >> last night the wonderful work he showed parade became a scene of a horrific incident. that beca...

>> shannon: again, the one told the police he punched her in the face and later ran her over with the carpet she try to get away from him. the prosecutor set the bail at $1,000 and he made that and got out november 11th. and the bail recommendation, not consistent with the approach of milwaukee county district attorneys office towards matters with violent crime nor consistent with the risk assessment to setting bail. jim, sounds like we got this one wrong. >> this is abject failure, shannon. the...

Said, the statement from the a.g. who pointed out that they felt this was a mistake. the states bail recommendation was inappropriately low. this is john chisholm, the milwaukee county district attorney, in light of the nature of recent charges and the pending charges against mr. brooks. theyre admitting it was inappropriately low. >> it all depends on the circumstances, the strength of the case. the things the public doesnt have access to. it possible one option is it might have been low. shame...