Today marks the 24th anniversary of Day One of the United States federal government’s raid on the Mount Carmel Center and church owned by David Koresh and the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas. On February 28, 1993, the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms stormed the Branch Davidian ranch attempting to serve a warrant to David Koresh on suspicion of stockpiling illegal weapons. A gunfight ensued, which resulted in the deaths of four ATF agents and six Branch Davidians.

Upon the ATF’s failure to serve the warrant to Koresh, the FBI took the lead, initiating a 51-day siege which ended on April 19, 1993 after the FBI and ATF, aided by British and U.S. Military Intelligence, INTERPOL, DELTA Force, and other agencies and entities used tanks, machine guns, CS gas, and other military tactics against the Davidians, attempting to drive them out of Mount Carmel. Their efforts resulted in a huge fire which consumed Mount Carmel, destroying it completely. 80 men, women, and children perished that day; dead from flame, CS gas, and automatic weapons fire. Some of the bodies were severely mutilated: their injuries consistent with having been run over by an armored vehicle.

The ATF and FBI maintain to this day that they never fired a shot. View the following video, and weigh it in the balance of your conscience.

The Still Man