I don't think anyone at Waco was offered a choice (by ATF) once the first shot was fired they could have filled in the scorecards.
You'd have to define 'deliberate', I doubt anyone went kid-hunting but firing full auto into a house with kids in it is strong circumstantial evidence in my opinion.
Sadly, I can't mourn four dead while they were involved in criminal exercise of government power over its own people. I wish I could just consider them as pawns but I KNOW that I'd have refused the task.
Otherwise, I agree with you.
Where is the front door?
It should be policy that all LEO’s at all levels, local, state, and federal, be familiar with the Constitution of these United States. They should be instructed and tested for their knowledge on it. ( Afterall, they do swear an oath to defend it from enemies, both foreign and domestic.) At the least, they should know a little about it. Problem is, few of them have ever read it, much less understand what it means. Yet it was written in plain ole English so all who can read and comprehend could readily understand it. It was purposely written this way.
Then it should be policy that all LEOs at all levels carry a copy in their pocket while on duty.
When I was in the Marines, we all took an oath to defend the Constitution of these United States. We were also instructed that if we willingly and knowingly obeyed an unlawful order, we would be held accountable along with the superior who issued the unlawful order. The same should be true for all civilian LEOs.
The raid at Waco was unlawful. Those agents went in there armed and dangerous knowing full well there were innocent men women children and infants in that dwelling. They obeyed an unlawful order handed down by Janet Reno. Then along comes the fbi to clean up the mess the atf made. Well we all know how they cleaned it up with their scorched earth policy...another unlawful order obeyed by LEOs.
The raid of the FDLS was unlawful. The Texas Supreme court has said so. All those LEOs involved obeyed an unlawful order. They should all be held accountable. But like Lon Horiuchi at Ruby Ridge, and the agents at Waco, they will most likely get medals for their bravado in face of “grave” danger.