Darrell Brooks

Prior to the juror's post, this small subreddit appeared to mostly consist of trolls feigning support for Brooks. Fake Darrell Brooks juror Reddit post. A ...

While the fake juror's Reddit post never actually threatened a mistrial, it was taken seriously enough to become part of the official courtroom proceedings. Despite the AMA's inauthenticity, Brooks unsuccessfully tried to make the argument that the Reddit post should result in a mistrial. Thus, the Redditor behind the post could not have been a juror. Brooks pointed to the juror's knowledge of the case in an attempt to cast the post as legitimate, before being reminded that the trial was being broadcast online all over the world. [addressed the existence of the post](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA-Nn7ch_K0) but also questioned its legitimacy. The Darrell Brooks trial has received a significant amount of attention online. The user went on to explain that though they believed Brooks committed the crime, they didn't believe he was given a fair trial. On TikTok, the Darrell Brooks [topic page](https://www.tiktok.com/discover/Darrell-Brooks?lang=en) shows that videos about the defendant have received more than 600 million views, with some users [explaining](https://twitter.com/chescaleigh/status/1583603062270095360) how their interest in the case came from TikTok's For You Page recommendations. At one point during the trial, Brooks claimed he was a "sovereign citizen," arguing that he believed the laws of the U.S. The post drew immediate attention not only because jurors are prohibited from using social media during the trial, but also because the anonymous user posted it in a subreddit called r/Justice4Darrell with less than a thousand followers. The post's comments then quickly filled up with some users questioning its legitimacy while others were outraged that the supposed juror would jeopardize the trial by posting on social media at all. [posted to Reddit](https://archive.ph/3j6vT), basically giving any user on the social media platform an open invitation to add their input about the trial.