Remember Waco Siege 28 February 1993....

Grim Anniversary: Waco Siege [28 February 1993]
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Posted on 02/28/2008 9:04:08 AM EST by yankeedame

“Waco Siege, a fifty-one-day siege by federal
agents of the Branch Davidian religious group’s commune
headquarters outside Waco, Texas, in early 1993.

The siege, which began after a botched and bloody attempt on
28 February 1993 to arrest the group’s leader, David
Koresh, on a weapons charge, ended in the deaths of four
federal agents and seventy-eight Branch Davidians. The
stalemate ended when U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno
ordered the use of force on April 19. Soon after federal
agents moved, fire engulfed the compound, killing
seventy-two, provoking controversy over the use of force
in dealing with dissident sects. Although some surviving
members of the sect were acquitted of manslaughter, they
received harsh sentences when convicted on lesser
charges. In August 1999, new documents surfaced
indicating that the FBI had fired three flammable tear
gas canisters during the raid on the compound. Following
a ten-month investigation, Senator John C. Danforth
released a report concluding that although federal
agents had mishandled evidence, they had neither started
the fire nor improperly employed force.”

– US History Encyclopedia: Waco Siege
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