BLM supporter, 'militant' says parade killings might be beginning of 'the revolution'

MILWAUKEE (TND) - A self-proclaimed "militant" who apparently supports "Black Lives Matter" took to social media to say the incident at a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin may be the start of a "revolution".

39-year-old Darrell Brooks, a black man, is suspected of being behind the wheel of the SUV which barreled through the parade. He is due to appear in court on Tuesday.

Five people were killed and almost 50 were injured by the SUV. Authorities have yet to release any information which points to a clear motivation for the violence.

Vaun Mayes, who describes himself in his Twitter bio as a community activist, battle rapper, militant, and tattoo artist, among other titles, said on a Facebook Live on Monday "it sounds possible that the revolution has started in Wisconsin. It started with this Christmas parade."

The Facebook Live was apparently filmed at the scene where the SUV crashed into the parade.

A report from Fox News says Mayes is a "well-known activist in Milwaukee". Looking at Mayes' Twitter profile, he has included several pro-BLM tags in his bio, including #BlackLivesMatter.

Mayes offers his knowledge on the matter in his Facebook Live, but also said to his audience he was not going to "speak on no rumors".

"I said I wasn’t going to speak on no rumors. Y'all are repeating some of the stuff that... has come up. And I can tell you that the initial person who reached out to me said that they believe that this has to do with the verdict, and so I made an assumption of which side it would be from, but I don’t know," Mayes says in the Facebook Live.

The "verdict" Mayes mentions is undoubtedly the recent "not guilty" verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. Rittenhouse was facing murder charges for killing two protestors in Kenosha, Wis. The defense claimed Rittenhouse acted in self-defense when he shot and killed those two protestors. A jury found him not guilty on all counts.

The National Desk has reached out to Mayes for further comment, but he has not responded at the time of this writing.