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During the planning phase a local sheriff asked "why do you need to RAID the compound? I'm friendly with David Koresh, and he picks up his mail at the post office every week. You can just arrest him."
The ATF had their reasons, though...
During the planning phase a local sheriff asked "why do you need to RAID the compound? I'm friendly with David Koresh, and he picks up his mail at the post office every week. You can just arrest him."
The ATF had their reasons, though...
https://twitter.com/ATFHQ/status/1630583739494330369
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Specifically, the ATF budget was coming up for renewal in Congress soon, and inside the ATF there was concern that they didn't look macho enough.
So they decided to put on a big show. It was named "Operation Showtime", and scheduled to coincide w budget season.
Specifically, the ATF budget was coming up for renewal in Congress soon, and inside the ATF there was concern that they didn't look macho enough.
So they decided to put on a big show. It was named "Operation Showtime", and scheduled to coincide w budget season.
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One of the biggest agency expenses in the run up to the raid was for camcorders and blank VHS tapes.
Their intention was to do a real "Cops" style SWAT action, and document their heroics.
(The vast majority of the footage they shot "went missing" before the later inquiry).
One of the biggest agency expenses in the run up to the raid was for camcorders and blank VHS tapes.
Their intention was to do a real "Cops" style SWAT action, and document their heroics.
(The vast majority of the footage they shot "went missing" before the later inquiry).
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The first step in the raid was heavily armored "dog teams" approached Koresh's church, armed with sub machine guns with silencers.
Pet dogs, including a nursing mother bitch, were in a closed and locked kennel.
The first step in the raid was heavily armored "dog teams" approached Koresh's church, armed with sub machine guns with silencers.
Pet dogs, including a nursing mother bitch, were in a closed and locked kennel.
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The "dog teams" machine gunned all of the pet dogs, including the nursing mother and her puppies.
The "dog teams" machine gunned all of the pet dogs, including the nursing mother and her puppies.
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...then the raid proper started.
...then the raid proper started.
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I could go on all day long about the corruption, incompetence, venality, etc of the @ATFHQ , the FBI, how Janet Reno and Bill Clinton lied on camera to the American people about it, how the claims re Koresh kept changing as the gov workshopped new propaganda.
I could go on all day long about the corruption, incompetence, venality, etc of the @ATFHQ , the FBI, how Janet Reno and Bill Clinton lied on camera to the American people about it, how the claims re Koresh kept changing as the gov workshopped new propaganda.
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(at one point they floated the idea of a fictional meth lab that might be in the church).
(at one point they floated the idea of a fictional meth lab that might be in the church).
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TLDR: The @ATFHQ is unconstitutional and ought to be disbanded, and everyone involved in that evil raid should have been brought up on criminal charges [ including murder ].
Statute of limitations, though. The only thing we can do for the victims now is remember.
TLDR: The @ATFHQ is unconstitutional and ought to be disbanded, and everyone involved in that evil raid should have been brought up on criminal charges [ including murder ].
Statute of limitations, though. The only thing we can do for the victims now is remember.
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Specifically, we should remember that everyone at the @ATFHQ , even those who just joined yesterday, are complicit in the evil and crimes of that organization.
If you work there, and have a shred of decency, repent, quit, and get a real job.
...and if you don't...
Specifically, we should remember that everyone at the @ATFHQ , even those who just joined yesterday, are complicit in the evil and crimes of that organization.
If you work there, and have a shred of decency, repent, quit, and get a real job.
...and if you don't...
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We know exactly where you stand (with the puppy killers and child murderers).
We know exactly where you stand (with the puppy killers and child murderers).
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