Subject: Protest Janet Reno Lecture in Waco - Please Join Us
Young Conservatives of Texas
http://www.yct.org
Citizens Organization for Public Safety
News Advisory: Groups to Protest Reno Lecture in Waco and Conduct Counterinformation Campaign September 10, 2001
Waco, TX – Today, the Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT) and the Citizens Organization for Public Safety (COPS) announced their plans to stage a counterinformation campaign and protest in response to Former Attorney General and Florida gubernatorial candidate Janet Reno’s speech on Thursday, September 13 at Baylor University in Waco.
On Wednesday, September 12, YCT and COPS will hold a teach-in at the Kaiser Auditorium in the Hankamer Business School on the Baylor campus. Beginning at 7:30 pm, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Mike McNulty’s “Waco: A New Revelation” will be screened. It will be followed by a question and answer session and the screening of McNulty’s short film “Flir Project” that focuses on whether government agents fired on Branch Davidians as they tried to leave the compound. More information about these films is available at http://www.fliirproject.com and http://www.waco-anewrevelation.com.
Among those appearing at the teach-in will be McNulty, surviving Branch Davidians, and retired Texas Ranger Captain David Burns, who conducted the Texas Rangers’ Waco investigation. Some of these individuals are expected to make remarks.
The following evening YCT and COPS will be protesting outside the Ferrell Center where Reno is lecturing at 7:30. More details about this peaceful demonstration will be released shortly. The protest will be held outside the arena and Reno's lecture will not be disrupted by YCT and COPS members.
Speaking on behalf of COPS, McNulty stated, “While Reno may hope to gain politically from using this lecture as an attempt to put behind her the tragic and deadly 1993 raid she ordered, we will not let the truth be a casualty of Ms. Reno’s political ambition. That is why the Citizens Organization for Public Safety and the Young Conservatives of Texas have joined together in an educational campaign to bear witness and make sure that history is not rewritten."
McNulty continued, “We are holding this teach-in to share our understanding of the truth of these tragic events. Our hope is that, after this presentation, people will be able to ask intelligent questions of Ms. Reno on the following night. Therefore, we invite all of those interested in the history of the Waco tragedy and Ms. Reno's role in it to attend the teach-in."
YCT State Chairman Chris Allen added, “The Waco tragedy stands as one of the most outrageous law enforcement abuses in American history and we hope Ms. Reno will finally answer for it Thursday evening. Many Americans forget that most of the Branch Davidians were not guilty of any crimes and were simply exercising their constitutional right to bear arms. The Davidians never hurt anyone else or even threatened to do so and government allegations of child abuse inside the compound were never proven. We are using Reno’s lecture as an opportunity to inform the Baylor community about such facts.”
YCT State Vice Chairman Marc Levin noted, “Janet Reno is hell-bent on taking away the guns of law-abiding Americans. She has stated:
"The most effective means of fighting crime in the United States is to outlaw the possession of any type of firearm by the civilian populace." Reno Speech at a B' nai B'rith meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1991. Source: "Weekend Warriors," by Alan W. Bock, National Review, May 29, 1995, page 40.
Levin continued, “Ms. Reno needs to familiarize herself with the research by Professor John Lott showing that legal gun ownership deters crime. YCT would like to warn Ms. Reno that Texas is a concealed carry state and that the overwhelming majority of Texans do not want gun-grabbers like her to take away their firearms.”
Directions to the Hankamer Business School and the Ferrell Center can be obtained by calling Baylor University at 1-800-BAYLORU. Reno’s lecture is part of an official speakers series sponsored by Baylor University. According to the University's website, Reno will discuss "public service and the Branch Davidian standoff." Baylor, which is a non-profit institution, invited Reno before announcing her candidacy, but has extended no similar invitation to Jeb Bush.
YCT is a non-partisan, statewide organization composed of college students and senior advisors committed to limited government and traditional values. YCT has chapters at Baylor University, the University of Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech. *****************************************************************
What They’re Saying About “Waco: A New Revelation”:
U.S. CONGRESSMAN CLIFF STEARNS
"The film every American needs to see."
THE VILLAGE VOICE
". . . . it ought to air on national TV. Politicians and entertainment industry moguls who babble on about violence should see the real stuff."
THE COLORADOAN
". . . powerful, well-made and deeply troubling."
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A Brief of History of the Waco Conflict
http://www.waco-anewrevelation.com/Waco/WacoP/pages/fsIE.html