What Happened at the Waco Siege? | History 

"We found no evidence of wrongdoing on the government's part" -The Government

"Nobodies sure who shot first" that means the police shot first

How did they lose defense on Oregon smh

This was handled so poorly. All of those needless deaths....and tear gas knowing those babies inside had no protection....just horrendous and cruel

If they only had Thermite and Thatcher..

i remember seeing the original news at the time. a tank went in and the next thing was a giant fire started.

Waco wasn't "to some right wing groups" an example of the government overstepping their authority, it's just an example of the government overstepping their authority. The people in Waco were crazy, but they didn't set their home on fire.

Who's here after the series on Netflix?

literally FarCry 5

Far Cry5 Alternative Ending: When the National Guard DID come

To call people’s opinions conspiracy is a great example of how big media tries to shape the narrative. Words and word choice matter, words truly illustrate the intent trying to be conveyed.

100% of the time when “it is unclear who shot first” coming from one side means they shot first lol

2 of the dead ATF were killed by friendly fire.

Oregon from Rainbow 6?

so, let me get this straight... They lived in their own commune, and didn't do anything. nd the government investigated itself and found nothing.

Isolated themselves - didn't many of them work in the community? I just double checked that, yes many of them did work in the community and that is not isolation. Also, how is driving tanks into a building full of women and children in your own country, ever NOT going to be wrong?

Yo they made oregon into a real place

It is not illegal to stock pile weapons

"You're not allowed to have guns. Only we can have guns." -The Government

This happened just a couple miles from home in bellmead tx. I was in kindergarten..I remember going up on a hill that can oversee the compound from a distance off of loop 340. People had cameras and binoculars set up for everybody that wanted to look. I remember seeing a building on fire but I never understood what was going on. It hit me later when I learned I was witnessing people perishing. Smh 😔

Why is it a conspiracy theory to think differently?

All that was left of the building was the steel reinforced concrete bunker where they found 32 bodies inside & 9 bodies up on top. Oh my God, If you've never see the photos of what's left of the bodies, they died a horrific death. Not everyone inside was burned beyond recognition. Many of the limbs are missing or the bones have turned to ash because of the intense heat from the fire. Many of the bodies are fused together, it was hard to tell if they were women or children. The one thing you will see & notice about the intact bodies of the adults & children found outside & inside the bunker is how they are twisted & contorted. I've read this was the effects on a body who was alive & overcome by breathing in too much gas. This got me because I could see these children were trying to scream & reaching out for someone while gasping for breaths of air. Picture that in your mind for a moment. I'll bet you weren't aware of this, they found the bodies of several men that showed they had been run over & flattened by the treads of a tank BEFORE they were burned from the fire. The photos show this. It's been years ago that I saw a video here on RU-vid that showed the interior of the steel reinforced concrete bunker. There was a hole opened up in the top of the ceiling. The reason I remember this was because the video showed that the rebar had been bent down inside. I'm no explosive expert & this is just my opinion, it looked like some type of bomb had been detonated on top of the bunker. I don't know if the 9 bodies found on top of the bunker died from shrapnel, explosive blunt force, gunshots or fire. I haven't been able to find this video again. If anybody has seen it or knows what I'm speaking about, please confirm.

Most documentaries and coverage on the issue do nothing to talk about how almost all of the children died trapped in a bunker down below. The intense fire, smoke inhalation, heat higher than an oven, and a blocked door due to the tanks literally knocking down parts of the building are to blame. The tear gas used was HIGHLY flammable and that particular type is no longer in use. But exacerbated the flames. Tremendously. Most accounts claim escape was nearly impossible and the “suicides” were the results of self-mercy to avoid the flames. Not a single fire truck was even called into action until the fire had engulfed 90% of the compound. The fire lasted some 90 minutes….. and officials did nothing to help.

All of this could of been avoided. My heart hurts for all those babies inside.

I literally remember the part where the news shut off before the fire, thereby blocking public view of Abrams tanks. I must have not been more than 12 or 13 years old. At the time, you thought some child molester had to be stopped and a movie was even rushed out to make ATF agents into heroes (the movie literally ended after the initial raid attempt). What a disaster.

I love how the media always uses the phrase right wing "extremist " but never left wing extremist.

Who's watching this cause they saw tiger king and was curious what waco ment lol

“They'll come loud and they'll come fast But we shoot first and we can last Keep your rifles by your side”

You forgot to mention how the ATF gunned down Gary Spaulding outside the building, and left his body to be ravaged by coyotes. You also forgot to talk about how all this could have been avoided if they had just arrested David Koresh while on his daily morning jog.

Far Cry 5 in real life, except the national guard was involved

*KORRESH: WHATS IN THE CANISTER?* ATF: TEAR GAS

I like how the narrator completely skipped the part about the phosphorus smoke grenades igniting the flames

Unclear who shot first? It was the atf.

so you're telling me the guy she appointed did a fair investigation? lmao...

Exactly why we have the second amendment. This is how far the government was willing to go over a simple firearms infraction.

Extreme right wingers? as a far left i think the government is completely to blame for this

The guy Reno personally appointed has concluded Reno did nothing wrong

My parents lived near Waco at the time, I remember them telling me that they were watching during the fire coverage. Crazy stuff

FOUR HUNDRED tear cast canisters into a facility where women and children were being held?????

I distinctly remember watching those tanks on tv blasting flames into this compound. Such an absolute slaughter of all of the women and children inside.

I hope everyone caught that, IT IS NOT ILLEGAL TO "stock pile weapons"! Never has been!

400 cans of teargas? In a building they KNEW held women and many young children??????????

We have the right to bear arms. It doesn't say "As long as the ATF says it's ok"

“This is not an assault” (proceeds to shoot tear gas through the windows)

Honestly I came here because I'm watching Tiger King in Netflix and in the first episode Joe Exotic said that if anyone tried to take away his animals he would go all "WACO" on them and the interviewer said that that's a really powerful statement. So I googled what WACO is and I came across to this.

“ we are all Americans......when did we start seeing each other as the enemy?”

400 canisters of tear gas is like pouring twenty gallons of gas in their they basically put a flammable gas in the building and didn’t expect a flame to spark lmao

George Floyd Killed- everyone loses their minds. 80 children burned to death. Several adults shot.- Crickets

“A fire broke out.” Umm

This video is sickening. My gosh, did the FEDs write the script? History channel should be so ashamed

Who else is here after the Netflix streaming ⁉️📺

"it unclear which side started the gun fire" ....if this is what the government said, imagine what they would have said if the Branch Dividians had fired first

How can you ''illegally stockpile'' weapons? I thought there was this thing called the Second Amendment.

I remember watching the comppound burning and all i could do was weep for those poor children. I was also pregnant at the time with my fifth son, who ironically didnt live either.

This event traumatized me as a kid. I was 5 and the people that lived behind us were followers. The ATF raided their house and pulled guns, ammo and bombs from their house. I used to play with their children, every day.

Compare and contrast the SF soldier at 1.55 to the Iranian Embassy siege in 1980. He is actually beaten back by those inside the building. Had this happened in London a bloodbath would have ensued.

Riddled with in inaccuracy and lies..

the ATF had PLLLLLLEEEEENNNTTTTYY of opportunities to grab Koresh when he made his morning trips into town, those were innocent women and children trapped inside when the tanks shot fire upon the compound!

if they are serving a search warrant, why did they need an army suited up and armed? wth?

Man a 5 minute video did a greater job of explaining the situation than a 1:50 hour documentary.

And the feds burnt the place with flamethrowers right after knocking down the walls

I feel bad for the kids. I don’t feel bad for the adults that got killed because they followed this lunatic. And I don’t feel bad for the ATF agents that blundered this.

“Illegally stockpiling weapons...”. In Texas of all places. To the families of the four deceased ATF members: hope it was worth your husband’s life. This is a perfect example of why our gun rights were implemented. To stand up against a tyrannical government.

as a Lakota, I know how the Gov't treats those that get in their way. Even if its their own citizens.

He never mentioned in this video how the tanks used in the siege came from Fort Hood whose commander at the time was Wesley Clark.

In the Obese states of America the government is never guilty or can never accused of any wrongdoing.

Let this serve as a reminder...

Beware of Butch Reno, especially when she has matches in one hand and gasoline in the other.

The Federal Bureau of Incineration.

The FBI should've just left them alone... They WEREN'T hurting anyone but themselves... The Government SHOULD NOT have such say over our Lives... I ABSOLUTELY HATE THE FED

What happened??? Come on , they killed innocent kids. Nuff said.

What's illegal about stockpiling weapons

There's video footage of the police shooting first. There's several 911 calls where residents are pleading, begging for them to stop shooting at their home & that they have women & children in the house. The fact people still act like this is up for debate is asinine.

I was at the actual site last year. It's a memorial now! Very sad.

Did he say "a week long"? It was 51 days!

They pumped that place full of gasses then threw in the type of flash bangs that ignite. Then heat signature shows two of them mowing down a crowd of people trying to escape. This was a mostly elderly branch full of women nursing children. Claimed to be Americans first and proud Americans. Had a legal gun selling business. At one point you see part of a mutilated man in a tank tread. One woman was shot in the shoulder while nursing a baby. These people were terrified. A technicality allowed the military to be used against American citizens. As for The child misconduct in question, their ages were 14 and unfortunately that was legal in Texas at the time.

**Trust us we're from the government** Proceeds to murder 80 civilians just for have the wrong guns.

The raid lasted 51 days Raid 51 Oh yeah, it's all coming together.

I just want to know who shot first, because that is what started it off. In the show they made it pretty clear that the believe the ATF opened fire and if that's the case, then this is all to be blamed on them. However, the Branch Davidians could have proven in court with the bullet holes and so on that they did not open fire and I assume most of them would have survived.

We all know the FBI/ATF shot first and THEY started the fire 🔥

Whenever it’s “unclear” who shot first that means the officers shot first

Boy talk about gaslighting the situation good job history channel. And they could have picked up David Kuresh in town where he went alot.

It would be nice if one of these Waco docs showed the complete, unedited footage. Funny how they don't.

Terrible job staying "neutral" with the narrative...

The stuff you dont learn in history class.

"It's unclear who started the gunfire" hahahahahaha lmao yeah, does anyone believe that?

One of the best Siege maps in my opinion. House, Chatlet, and Oregon are my favorites

- *"Violence begets violence"* -

The weapons they had at the compound were all legal and sold to many at gun shows not "stockpiled" and especially not to start the end of the world or whatever. Also where is the part about the women and children who fled through a tunnel and were gunned down by fully automatic rifles in atf hands?

Would’ve been easier if they played Ace and Thatcher

Sometime it’s best to leave well enough alone

The most tragic aspect of this that adults on both sides made decisions affecting children they had no right to make.

at least we all know the History channel is very honest with presenting false information.

The fed was climbing up a ladder, and accedentaly discharged his handgun into his own leg. This was the first shot fired, and that's what actually started the shooting.

Do tear gas canisters going off create some amount of spark/fire initially? Because if so I'd think 400 of them would easily start the place on fire.

I love it when the government investigates itself

What exactly does "illegally stockpiling weapons" mean? There is no limit on how many firearms you can own. "Shall not be infringed"... remember?

So they just put whole building on fire killing them all Nice.

I remember watching the FLIR video of the tank punching holes in the walls while BAFTA agents followed it and shot every living thing they had in their sights.

Wooooooooooooooooooow, you had to say “right wing”