08-19-2020, 12:06 PM
It’s 1993. A small town in Texas called Waco had a sect of church goers that many in the area called a cult.
The ATF had a warrant for their leader, David Koresh. He could have been apprehended anytime during the week as he left the compound every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The ATF chose to mount a raid on the compound for the arrest of one person. Why did they choose this route rather than simply going to the store he visited every Tuesday and arresting him there? Because Congress was debating getting rid of the ATF entirely and they wanted to get in the headlines, to make the news. So they raided the compound using excessive force (as decreed later in the trial by the Judge, who was hugely pro-prosecution in the past and in fact did not allow the 9 survivors to claim self-defense… he then later changed his ruling when he heard how terrible the government handled the situation and allowed them to claim self-defense). In this initial raid where the government used excessive force, 4 ATF agents were killed and 6 members of the church also met their ends… and Texas law stipulates if Law Enforcement uses excessive force you have a right to resist in any way you deem appropriate…. Then a 2 month standoff occurred.
The ATF decided to use a tank to destroy a wall and had a helicopter flown in with special FLIR technology to see any fires in the compound… why did they order that helicopter? They heard from the recording devices they had planted that the people in the compound were planning to light a fire in front of the area where the tank was going to come in, now remember, these people think the government is actively trying to kill them – not arrest them – KILL them. So.. the ATF gets a special helicopter to prove that the “cultists” started the fire. It was the windiest day of the entire year in Waco – 50MPH winds… they got a special helicopter because they KNEW there would be a fire…. And didn’t call the fire department or EMTs. Almost 80 people burned to death because the ATF wanted to arrest one man – they could have arrested him anytime, anywhere outside the compound.
Then President Clinton goes on live TV and announces that the government shouldn’t be blamed for 80 people killing themselves. They were murdered by the US Government. Murdered. By. OUR. Government – not one man, not a rogue agent, the US Government with the President’s blessing. And no one but Timothy McVeigh cared… and he caused the deaths of 168 people including over 20 children – because he targeted the ATF office that was responsible for the planning of the Waco raid. True, the government can’t legally be blamed for what McVeigh did…. But if the ATF decided to visit the store David Koresh visited every single Tuesday…. NONE of it would have happened.
In my view… the US Government is responsible for the deaths of 250 law-abiding US Citizens - and then of course Ruby Ridge. And there were no riots… there were no autonomous zones… and there were no calls for the removal of the police…. Now we have a meth head piece of garbage with absolutely zero redeeming qualities, fights the police for 10 minutes including KICKING himself out the police vehicle and therefore got murdered by ONE rogue cop (which by the way, now they're saying he actually OD'd) … and the country is on fire.
Why? Social media? Stupidity?
The ATF had a warrant for their leader, David Koresh. He could have been apprehended anytime during the week as he left the compound every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The ATF chose to mount a raid on the compound for the arrest of one person. Why did they choose this route rather than simply going to the store he visited every Tuesday and arresting him there? Because Congress was debating getting rid of the ATF entirely and they wanted to get in the headlines, to make the news. So they raided the compound using excessive force (as decreed later in the trial by the Judge, who was hugely pro-prosecution in the past and in fact did not allow the 9 survivors to claim self-defense… he then later changed his ruling when he heard how terrible the government handled the situation and allowed them to claim self-defense). In this initial raid where the government used excessive force, 4 ATF agents were killed and 6 members of the church also met their ends… and Texas law stipulates if Law Enforcement uses excessive force you have a right to resist in any way you deem appropriate…. Then a 2 month standoff occurred.
The ATF decided to use a tank to destroy a wall and had a helicopter flown in with special FLIR technology to see any fires in the compound… why did they order that helicopter? They heard from the recording devices they had planted that the people in the compound were planning to light a fire in front of the area where the tank was going to come in, now remember, these people think the government is actively trying to kill them – not arrest them – KILL them. So.. the ATF gets a special helicopter to prove that the “cultists” started the fire. It was the windiest day of the entire year in Waco – 50MPH winds… they got a special helicopter because they KNEW there would be a fire…. And didn’t call the fire department or EMTs. Almost 80 people burned to death because the ATF wanted to arrest one man – they could have arrested him anytime, anywhere outside the compound.
Then President Clinton goes on live TV and announces that the government shouldn’t be blamed for 80 people killing themselves. They were murdered by the US Government. Murdered. By. OUR. Government – not one man, not a rogue agent, the US Government with the President’s blessing. And no one but Timothy McVeigh cared… and he caused the deaths of 168 people including over 20 children – because he targeted the ATF office that was responsible for the planning of the Waco raid. True, the government can’t legally be blamed for what McVeigh did…. But if the ATF decided to visit the store David Koresh visited every single Tuesday…. NONE of it would have happened.
In my view… the US Government is responsible for the deaths of 250 law-abiding US Citizens - and then of course Ruby Ridge. And there were no riots… there were no autonomous zones… and there were no calls for the removal of the police…. Now we have a meth head piece of garbage with absolutely zero redeeming qualities, fights the police for 10 minutes including KICKING himself out the police vehicle and therefore got murdered by ONE rogue cop (which by the way, now they're saying he actually OD'd) … and the country is on fire.
Why? Social media? Stupidity?