My guess is that whatever group of LEO types did this -- SWATs, Feds, ATF, or some other official force -- acted with cool-headed deliberation, calculation, and confidence. I have seen ZERO evidence of panic on the side of law enforcement in the aftermath EXCEPT for quickly silencing and stowing the original "official" Waco police force spokesman, Patrick Swanton. That is the ONLY place that my nose has caught any whiff of panic.
It was TEXAS, a legal-carry state. Those SWATs or whoever they were KNEW for DAMNED SURE that there'd be people holding guns there, as there would be in ANY public place where carrying is permitted and shooting broke out.
Well, I haven’t heard any reports of the police yelling “Drop your guns!” and they certainly didn’t try to sort out aggressors from defenders before firing.
The other option to panic firing would be mass murder under the guise of ‘procedure’.
Thinking back on it, We still don’t know how many officers fired. We know of ‘12 casings recovered’ that were fired by Waco police but we don’t know if other agencies fired or how many Waco officers actually pulled the trigger. At this point I’m wondering if we’ve been intentionally misled by those ‘12 casings’.
I’ve also realised today that there is an amazing lack of politicians publicly polishing their apples. If this was a good bust, we should have the Waco Mayor, DA, Chief of Police and others bragging about the good work they’d done. There’s just a little too much silence...
While they say they don’t want to influence the potential jury pool and so they can’t release the autopsy reports I fail to understand how prior knowledge of the truth tampers with a potential juror.