Suspect in Waukesha parade attack has history of domestic violence. Experts aren't surprised.

[Jilly_in_VA]

The violence starts at home. Then it spills out to the public.

The 39-year-old Milwaukee man charged in the Waukesha Christmas Parade attack, which left six people dead and more than 60 injured, had a history of domestic violence and violence against women.

Experts and advocates who help survivors of domestic abuse say it's a troubling pattern they've seen repeatedly in mass casualty events.

"Domestic violence — family violence — predicts mass shootings," said Karin Tyler, the injury and violence prevention coordinator for the city of Milwaukee's Office of Violence Prevention.

Nearly 60% of 749 mass shootings between 2014 and 2019 were either domestic violence attacks or committed by men with histories of domestic violence, a 2020 Bloomberg analysis found. A peer-reviewed academic study released earlier this year had a similar finding: About 59% of the 110 mass shootings analyzed were related to domestic violence.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/11/26/waukesha-parade-suspect-history-domestic-violence/8766461002/

[yagotme]

1. Hit a woman, go to jail.

At least, for a day or two.

And, I'm confused. I believe he used a car, not a gun, right???

[BlackSkimmer]

7. Ran over one of his domestic partners too.

Guess he feels like a big man surrounded by a ton of steel.

[yagotme]

10. Yes, that's what I was referring to.

Hit: Strike.
Hit: Strike, and run over. Leaving tire marks on her leg.

[CrispyQ]

2. IMO, domestic violence should be a red flag for so many things.

If you can't be nice to the people you live with, we're gonna keep a close eye on you. IMO, we should go to their house & take their guns. It should also be a criteria in vetting people for positions of authority, like law enforcement, management, etc. If you're mean to the people you live with, you don't get to have authority over others.

[Haggard Celine]

3. Yes, and I would include animal abusers in that group.

Animal abuse can be a sign of serious psychological problems. People who do that shit should be in a database that should be checked by employers of certain occupations.

[CrispyQ]

4. Oh yeah. That disorder definitely needs to be on the list, too! -nt

[TigressDem]

5. If you can wound and cripple those you supposedly "love" it's a logical step to spread that hate.

Not saying it is any type of SANE or RATIONAL thought, but people who beat those they love are not sane and/or rational.

Committing violence at home is the act of a violent person who feels justified in getting away with it.

Most mental health issues get worse without treatment.

So that the behavior expands outward makes scary sense.

[keithbvadu2]

6. Give him a MAGA hat and a Tiki torch and set up a Gofundme for him.

Give him a MAGA hat and a Tiki torch and set up a Gofundme for him.

Trump will say good people on both sides.

???

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Sociopaths

[GopherGal]

9. Non-experts also not surprised.

As a human who has read enough of the news to see how frequently terrorist lone-actor a-holes are retrospectively found to have records of domestic violence, I doubt I'm alone in my non-expert non-surprise.