Putting the best possible light on the Feds, they have a long history of being completely retarded when it comes to choosing the time and place to contact someone they want to arrest.
As pointed out in this piece, they could have gone to Malinowski’s place of work — an airport — where they could be certain he would be unarmed. Instead they chose an early-morning raid at his home (the most dangerous place they could have chosen). This isn’t all that new, though. A couple of decades ago, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department told the Feds that they would not be providing assistance for any warrant services until they could get their act together after a similarly botched raid on a guy suspected of being a weed distributor.
Of course, now a lot of people suspect that this is more than mere incompetence, and is a deliberate effort to drop the hammer on otherwise law abiding people, in pursuit of a political agenda.
Could be one of those situations in which both apply — operational ineptitude is the mechanism used to push a political agenda desired by those in control.
Not to mention the personal aspect of a bunch of wannabe Rambo’s acting out their fantasies.
“As pointed out in this piece, they could have gone to Malinowski’s place of work — an airport — where they could be certain he would be unarmed. Instead they chose an early-morning raid at his home”
And his arrest could have been followed up 10 minutes later with a group with a search warrant for his house and him safely in custody. It’s not like someone can flush 40 Glocks or whatever.
And similar to what you said. David Koresh went to lunch every week at Chelsea Street Pub in Waco. And in the post surrendered peacefully to the McClennan County Sheriff on a homicide charge. He beat it in court.
A couple of agents in sport coats could have knocked on the door and Waco would have gone well. Instead they had a horse trailer filled with agents that looked like soldiers, storming out the back in an assault like it was Omaha Beach.