Not to mention the fact that the people they tried for shooting the agents were acquitted—at which point a judge promptly overruled the jury and imposed draconian sentences on the exonerated defendants.
The whole thing was an incompetent BATF publicity stunt starring Janet Reno and the nascent Clinton administration.
The feds used army assets—violating the Posse Comitatus Act—as well as CS gas, which is supposedly illegal to use against civilians.
Over 70 dead, including numerous women and children—ho hum. The feds always get their man—frequently in the bloodiest, most heavy-handed manner possible...
I’ve never seen any real evidence that they had full auto weapons , which is the reason given for the raid. The NRA offered to pay for an independent lab to test the remains of the rifles to see if any had been illegally converted. The govt said no and destroyed the evidence so it can never be tested.
“The whole thing was an incompetent BATF publicity stunt “
Yep.