In my teaching, I prepare undergraduate students to become high school history teachers. In one course, teacher candidates prepare and deliver mock lessons. Their peers play the role of high school students, and I observe and give feedback following these practice lessons. Whether coincidence or a reflection of the times, this fall a good number of mock lessons covered the rise of totalitarianism.
Arrests made: More than 725 defendants have been arrested in nearly all 50 states and the District of Columbia. (This includes those charged in both District and Superior Court).
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of George Floyd in the events that led to his death. Chauvin had already been convicted of murder and manslaughter.
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows sued Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and every member of the U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack on Wednesday, claiming that it is unconstitutionally usurping executive branch authority.
In a pretrial risk assessment administered on November 5, Brooks scored a four out of six in Failure to Appear (FTA), and a six out of six in New Criminal Activity (NCA).
The ex-con charged with killing five people at a Wisconsin Christmas parade was ordered held on $5 million at his first court appearance Tuesday — with prosecutors revealing that he’ll be hit with a sixth homicide count after a child struck in the Sunday attack has died.
The suspect charged with five counts of homicide in Sunday’s Waukesha Christmas parade massacre was not being chased by police and “intentionally” drove into the crowd, Waukesha authorities said.
Darnell Brooks Jr., the suspected driver of a red SUV that crashed through a Waukesha, Wisconsin, Christmas parade Sunday night, killing five people and injuring 48, will be charged with five counts of first-degree intentional homicide, authorities said Monday afternoon.
