Cop that shot at Brooks was great on the stand. Kept talking to Brooks directly as they guy who was definitely in the SUV that he definitely wishes he hit, if only to save everyone the trouble of this trial.
Also from the rant yesterday the prosecutor pointed out that Brooks is using notes that were handed over to him by the defense attorneys he fired. If that's true that would explain why his defense is trying to go in two directions at once, cause he's basically trying to do two things simultaneously that contradict each other.
1. Say that it wasn't him in the SUV.
2. Provide alternate explanations for why the SUV plowed through a parade/downplay the damage it did. Usually for this he's been implying there could have been more people in the car, that the police barricades prevented the vehicle from exiting the parade route, that the vehicle was honking its horn to try and get people to move, and that the vehicle wasn't intentionally trying to hit anyone.
So obviously these two defenses contradict eachother, if Brooks claims to not be the person in the SUV that rammed through the parade, why would he focus so much on the actions of the vehicle in the parade?
Defense #2 is most likely what his defense attorneys were going to go for since they had originally wanted him to enter a not guilty by insanity plea. However Brooks apparently didn't get that and has decided to just deny everything.