Posted on 02/28/2021 9:06:08 AM PST by PROCON
On February 28, 1993, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) agents initiated a raid at a compound in Waco, Texas that resulted in a deadly shoot-out and an ensuing 51-day standoff.
The ATF raid targeted the compound of a religious sect of Seventh Day Adventists, known as the Branch Davidians and led by David Koresh. The initial raid was an attempt to serve search and arrest warrants for Koresh and other members of the religious sect on weapons charges, but the bungled raid saw ATF agents pull back due to casualties sustained in the initial assault.
According to a Treasury Department review of the ATF raid, reported by the Waco Tribune in 1994, a KWTX-TV photographer had a chance run-in with a mailman who was also a member of the Branch Davidians on the morning of the raid. It is believed that by this chance encounter, the sect became aware of the incoming ATF raid and armed themselves in preparation.
Around 70 ATF agents arrived to raid the compound, and while it’s still unclear which side fired first, a gun battle broke out that resulted in the deaths of four ATF agents and injuries to at least a dozen more. Six Branch Davidians were also killed in the initial gunfight and Koresh was also injured. Three National Guard helicopters also provided overflights during the initial raid and sustained damage due to pilot error, according to a 1999 Government Accountability Office report.
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Didn't Timothy McVeigh claim he bombed the OKC Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in retribution for Waco??
At that time nearly 30 years ago, the federal government and the police agencies had a lot more respect and trust from the American public.
If the police state agencies did something like this today, it could trigger a hot civil war.
The Bundy ranch incident resulted in a standoff.
In order for it to be a “shootout”, the Davidians would have needed to shoot back. I have read that the ATF lied about that - the only ones shooting were ATF. They made a specific lie about the front door “bowing out” due to all the fire coming from inside the building. Except that all the bullet holes on the door are entries, not exits. Of course then the door disappeared from evidence, never to be seen again.
Is the MURDERER of MANY INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN and CHILDREN, Janet Reno, DEAD YET?
IIRC the ‘authorities’ had plenty of opportunity to arrest koresh in town before the “stand-off”.
H->! and H0lder acted stupidly.
The totalitarian face of our government began to emerge.
Traditional method: Obtain a warrant. Arrest guy while he’s out shopping.
New method: Obtain a warrant. Then re-enact the Battle of the Alamo, playing the part of the Mexicans.
We see this new method at the state and local levels as well.
Died November 7, 2016
The purpose of the assault at Waco was for the leaders of the Democrat Party to show that they weren’t the least afraid of Christians or an armed populace.
Janet Reno may be more famous for her role in this but what few realize is that Jamie Gorelick — who also framed the Gorelick Wall doctrine that helped lead to 9/11 and was ALSO part of the regulatory team that failed to prevent the housing bubble (how many fiascos is one federal careerist allowed?) — played a prominent role too.
Clinton administration ... the seriousness of the charges don’t apply to Democrats.
Janet Reno, DEAD YET?.......hell, she’ll be a supreme court judge soon.
That plus Ruby Ridge show how much our government elected officials/appointed officials care for us.
Once a person recognizes this fact, all of their atrocities and falsehoods make perfect sense.
All the ATF guys needed to do was follow David Koresh into the grocery store every Tuesday. Instead , they chose to be adrenaline cowboys and killed dozens of children.
With the new radical gun confiscation agenda on the front burner, it’s likely we’ll see that ATF has probably learned nothing from Waco.
+1
Well she oughta be; she’s voted democrat enough times since her death.
On the contrary, they learned they could het away with cold blooded murder.
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