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Thirty-three Years Ago Today the ATF Ended Its Murderous Siege at Waco

Posted on 4/19/26 at 9:26 pm
Posted by Missouri Waltz
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Posted on 4/19/26 at 9:26 pm

Seventy-six dead including 25 children.
Posted by ChatGPT of LA
Member since Mar 2023
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Posted on 4/19/26 at 9:29 pm to
My good friend died on that roof. Conway, RIP

Posted by Boss13
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Posted on 4/19/26 at 9:30 pm to
This was the result of a dick measuring contest taken to its extreme. I seriously do not understand how the idea of bringing a tank to bare was not met with adamant resistance in the decision room.

David Koresh was a horrible person and deserves much blame for the escalation, but why the hell didnt the ATF arrest him on his morning run?
Posted by Lynxrufus2012
Central Kentucky
Member since Mar 2020
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Posted on 4/19/26 at 9:32 pm to
That was all so unnecessary. They could have picked up Koresh on the street at any time.

Janet Reno should have gone to jail. Put this in context 76 people is 63 more than have died fighting Iran. Yet the Dims scream at Trump.
Posted by Iron Lion
Romulus
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Posted on 4/19/26 at 9:39 pm to
I was in high school when that was happening. My government teacher had it on the TV and we were all watching it. fricking awful.
Posted by Missouri Waltz
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Posted on 4/19/26 at 9:46 pm to
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why the hell didnt the ATF arrest him on his morning run?

My understanding is that the ATF was up for refunding and wanted to make a show of force to prove their importance. They are widely regarded as the Keystone Kops of federal law enforcement and proved it on that occasion.
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 4/19/26 at 9:50 pm to
Janet Reno was such an incompetent person. Really disliked her.
Posted by Iron Lion
Romulus
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Posted on 4/19/26 at 9:51 pm to
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My understanding is that the ATF was up for refunding and wanted to make a show of force to prove their importance. They are widely regarded as the Keystone Kops of federal law enforcement and proved it on that occasion.
I think so too. They assumed they would go kick in some doors, arrest the members, save the kids and all be heroes.
They weren't expecting the Branch Davidians to exercise their 2nd amendment rights.
Posted by Missouri Waltz
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Posted on 4/19/26 at 9:55 pm to
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They weren't expecting the Branch Davidians to exercise their 2nd amendment rights.

I'd say "Jesus" and his boys made a pretty good accounting of themselves.
Posted by Iron Lion
Romulus
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Posted on 4/19/26 at 9:58 pm to
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I'd say "Jesus" and his boys made a pretty good accounting of themselves.
History has shown us what a few Texans with guns can do
Posted by DyeHardDylan
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Posted on 4/19/26 at 10:35 pm to
They planned that raid knowing how reckless it was, all because they were facing budget cuts and needed to make a splash.
Posted by Lou
Modesto, CA
Member since Aug 2005
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Posted on 4/19/26 at 10:37 pm to
President Bill Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno authorized military weaponry against US citizens exercising their freedom of religion.
Posted by Trevaylin
south texas
Member since Feb 2019
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Posted on 4/19/26 at 10:46 pm to
11 years ago in Waco the biker shootout occurred with 10 fatalities and 25 wounded. The majority of the fatalities were by 223 rifle bullets and it was the cops that had the rifles. 144 bikers were arrested and held on 1 million dollar bonds for almost a year in jail because it was so large. 1 biker actually went to trial and was aquited. The remained 143 innocent bikers were released without ever going to trial.
Posted by Meltologist
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Posted on 4/19/26 at 11:32 pm to
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Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
65124 posts
Posted on 4/19/26 at 11:35 pm to
The media and government lied their asses off throughout the whole thing. They said they used pepper gas. It was nerve gas. They said Koresh molested kids, but the sheriff's office and CPS investigated and said no. Koresh didn't say he was God. That was a snippet of him joking with his congregation that the media intentionally ran with.

Even the former compound member who said she could feel Koresh's evil insanity - turns out she was a fricking baby when she was there.

They were religious nuts, for sure, but there was no valid reason for the government to gas, snipe and burn them all to death.
Posted by Archives
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Posted on 4/20/26 at 12:29 am to
The government just doesn't want you to gather and do you own thing.
Posted by Zach
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Posted on 4/20/26 at 4:03 am to
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Janet Reno was such an incompetent person. Really disliked her.

She was a lesbian. They wanted some diversity in positions of power.
Posted by texas tortilla
houston
Member since Dec 2015
4517 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 6:50 am to
did the texas rangers ever find one of the 2 metal front doors to the waco compound that was missing? the one many suspect had bullet holes going into the door as opposed to bullet holes coming out of the door from the inside. the atf said they shot first through the door. koresh denied it. anyway, a dps officer guarding the entrance to the compound testified a u-haul truck came in and some things were loaded into it and left just before the fbi turned the crime scene over to the texas rangers. how does a metal front door go missing.
Posted by Django Unchained
Member since Sep 2025
806 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 7:41 am to
I already had a distrust of the government… but this event made me hate the government.

This and Ruby Ridge.
Posted by tigafan4life
Member since Dec 2006
50880 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 7:48 am to
Wasn't he sleeping with all the wives too?
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