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In February 1993, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) descended on the Branch Davidians ’ compound outside of Waco, Texas, ready to raid their property for ...
Late Branch Davidian leader David Koresh is still very much presence in Waco, Texas, five years after his 51-day standoff with Federal agents led to one of most troubling and deadly operations in ...
The Branch Davidians had stockpiled food, water, firearms and gas masks for weeks. Within the first five days, 21 children were released and taken to Methodist Children's Home in Waco.
We Burn Daylight is inspired by the 1993 siege at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco. The first line of the acknowledgements says the book is not about David Koresh.
David Thibodeau -- a survivor of the infamous 1993 Branch Davidians siege in Waco, Texas -- is giving Justin Bieber some sage advice on religion, as some of his former friends question his ...
In 2000, Special Counsel John C. Danforth concluded “with 100 percent certainty” that the federal government was innocent of wrongdoing in the siege that killed 80 members of the Branch ...
In 1993 and 1995, House committees examined events surrounding the deadly 1993 siege carried out by the federal government and other law enforcement agencies at the Branch Davidian compound near ...
On Feb. 26, 1994, 11 members of the Branch Davidian religious cult were acquitted of murder and conspiracy charges stemming from a federal raid and siege at the compound near Waco, Texas, the year ...
Maybe, as Johnston said, we haven’t learned much since the Waco Siege. Perhaps, though, there’s something to learn about Texas from the warmth and empathy in We Burn Daylight.
Thirty-two years ago, nearly 80 people died as a result of the Waco Siege. But where the responsibility of those deaths lies remains a point of contention between federal law enforcement and the ...