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99Forever

(14,524 posts)
30. Yes they were executed.
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 04:53 PM
Jan 2013

By their baby-raping, illegal gun trading, leader, one "David Koresh."

Too bad that cowardly fucking asshole CHOSE to have his henchmen light the place on fire and take out so many innocents with him.

What's 'LEO'? nt tblue Jan 2013 #1
Law Enforcement Officers, I believe. TheCowsCameHome Jan 2013 #2
Yep, Law Enforcement Officer Taverner Jan 2013 #3
Then why was Weaver exonerated and given a huge settlement? Recursion Jan 2013 #4
Weaver started firing first. That alone should be enough. Taverner Jan 2013 #5
The Marshalls claimed that, Weaver claimed the opposite. The jury believed Weaver Recursion Jan 2013 #6
The Marshalls likely lied Ter Jan 2013 #10
Why that man wasn't convicted of murder for shooting Vicky nick of time Jan 2013 #13
I'll take the word of a LEO over a racist nutbag any day nt Taverner Jan 2013 #18
I truly wish I could concur with your reasoning tabasco Jan 2013 #22
You are an authoritarian. former9thward Jan 2013 #24
Nope. But when it comes to crazy racist vs several cops with same story Taverner Jan 2013 #34
"several cops with same story" former9thward Jan 2013 #46
Perhaps you should read the trial transcripts nick of time Jan 2013 #9
I doubt anyone could vouch for weaver's character, and Spencer couldn't put that racist POS on stand Hoyt Jan 2013 #52
Weaver's character was nothing more than a racist asshole. nick of time Jan 2013 #55
Not true. nick of time Jan 2013 #14
Accounts vary. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #37
it was a settlement: the case never went to trial struggle4progress Jan 2013 #73
Weaver's case against the US was settled Recursion Jan 2013 #94
If weaver hadn't sold illegal guns in hopes of racist ayran nation using them against innocents, Hoyt Jan 2013 #28
He was acquitted on all those charges, too Recursion Jan 2013 #29
If we had gerry spence and an army of racist/gun lawyers behind us, we could get off from anything. Hoyt Jan 2013 #39
Gerry Spence was just a damn good trial lawyer. Bake Jan 2013 #80
I'm just not steeped in guns and ruby ridge cess pool stuff. Hoyt Jan 2013 #81
If people want to live as extremists, then they should expect to die as extremists... Comrade_McKenzie Jan 2013 #7
He's a free man today, and his family is $4 million richer Recursion Jan 2013 #8
Jury Nullification happens n/t RomneyLies Jan 2013 #40
Can we add Wounded Knee to your OP? Downwinder Jan 2013 #11
No but we can add Battle of the Network Stars Taverner Jan 2013 #19
Please tell me you're referring to the 1970s one, Hayabusa Jan 2013 #50
AIM 1973. Downwinder Jan 2013 #63
Ghost Dance sure was dangerous Hayabusa Jan 2013 #65
With the assistance of the US Army Downwinder Jan 2013 #69
Ouch... Hayabusa Jan 2013 #70
LEOs could have picked up Koresh at a local gas station Rex Jan 2013 #12
Look at these photos. This is America. Men, woman and children. There was no trial DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Jan 2013 #15
Yes they were executed. 99Forever Jan 2013 #30
Are you OK with tanks running through American citizens homes before they even get a trial? DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Jan 2013 #47
Hogwash. 99Forever Jan 2013 #54
So do you believe it's OK for LEO to run tanks through American citizens homes DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Jan 2013 #62
I believe that when.. 99Forever Jan 2013 #72
There's my answer. DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Jan 2013 #85
So it's okay for LEO to run a TANK through your house? With children inside? Th1onein Jan 2013 #88
Since I don't rape children... 99Forever Jan 2013 #96
I'm not defending him. I'm not saying he was innocent or guilty. And you can't either. Th1onein Jan 2013 #98
And by the way, I'm not a libertarian. Th1onein Jan 2013 #99
You don't hole up and dodge a lawful warrant jberryhill Jan 2013 #79
Notice the headline - Mass Suicide. NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #84
The LEOs disagree with you ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #16
Who said it isn't? Taverner Jan 2013 #17
At Ruby Ridge alone, 12 FBI agents were disciplined for misconduct ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #20
That's all because this blew up politically Taverner Jan 2013 #21
No, they didn't have every right to. That's why they were disciplined and the Weavers got $4 million Recursion Jan 2013 #23
Absolutely you are correct! These very things are the kind of things that make people afraid of DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Jan 2013 #48
Where have I heard that term before..."mistakes were made" ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #25
Hanging with ayran nation racists, and raping women dang sure is. And neither was "raided" Hoyt Jan 2013 #42
I guess you forgot the part where ATF showed up in cattle cars without a warrant... beevul Jan 2013 #57
Sat outside 51 days before doing a dang thing. Presence of guns clouds your mind. Hoyt Jan 2013 #59
History isn't your strong point, Nor, would it appear, is accuracy. beevul Jan 2013 #86
Sure, because shooting a young boy in the back is always a just and reasonable thing to do. Th1onein Jan 2013 #89
The NRA-bots are out in force! bongbong Jan 2013 #26
Yep, "Randy Weaver was an UHMURICAN HERO!!!" Taverner Jan 2013 #31
Randy Weaver was not an american hero. nick of time Jan 2013 #45
Nobody in this thread has said anything good about Weaver Recursion Jan 2013 #49
Agree with poster above. Everybody seems to be saying the opposite of that RZM Jan 2013 #53
Kinda strange. DanTex Jan 2013 #67
The only anger it provokes from me is how the Govt. forces nick of time Jan 2013 #71
But why this one incident from 20 years ago? DanTex Jan 2013 #75
I'm not angry about it anymore. nick of time Jan 2013 #76
Well, not you specifically. DanTex Jan 2013 #77
Probably. nick of time Jan 2013 #78
It shows that one of their most cherished myths .... bongbong Jan 2013 #105
Wrong. zappaman Jan 2013 #27
lawful neutral alignment? watch the sky Jan 2013 #32
Ooh - at 60 posts sowing discord? Taverner Jan 2013 #35
there are more cops around than other LEOs watch the sky Jan 2013 #41
Yes, actually, I do expect LE to "play nice" petronius Jan 2013 #33
I particularly expect snipers not to shoot unarmed women holding babies Recursion Jan 2013 #36
Bingo. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #38
If the racist gun nut - weaver - had acted responsibily, Horiuchi would not be hated by gun culture. Hoyt Jan 2013 #43
I don't disagree. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #44
agree with Waco. And it was the masses inside that were the problem, not Koresh himself graham4anything Jan 2013 #51
If that's true, one could hypothesize that Reno's concerns about child abuse might have been patrice Jan 2013 #58
looking back in retrospect Hillary's saying rightwing conspiracy was 100% true in all of this graham4anything Jan 2013 #87
Though I have not thought of all of that this way, it makes sense. I will think about it some more. patrice Jan 2013 #93
They didn't have it coming. & FBI/ATF/LEO are not blameless. Without more specific patrice Jan 2013 #56
Didn't the government have to give millions to the Weavers because the courts... Taitertots Jan 2013 #60
I guess, re: Waco, Reno had never heard of a "siege"? Not to mention that DK went jogging each a.m. WinkyDink Jan 2013 #61
This message was self-deleted by its author NNN0LHI Jan 2013 #64
Shooting a child in the back? Burning small children to death? Good treatment? Th1onein Jan 2013 #90
What I want to know is why so many pro-gunners seem to be experts on Ruby Ridge. DanTex Jan 2013 #66
I know so much about it because when it first happened nick of time Jan 2013 #74
Ever Seen One Of The Threads About Shooting Down Jetliners? Paladin Jan 2013 #97
Why don't you post some links if you think it's important? friendly_iconoclast Jan 2013 #103
Wow. Iggo Jan 2013 #68
There are crazy individuals that can be violent but PufPuf23 Jan 2013 #82
Yep, our government is always right when it kills people Union Scribe Jan 2013 #83
Racist teabaggers deserve exactly what they got. Bodega Bandit Jan 2013 #91
You know Weaver lived and got $4 million, right? Recursion Jan 2013 #95
Woowee...I bet he wears only 1600 thread count sheets nowadays! Tom Ripley Jan 2013 #101
Bwah Recursion Jan 2013 #102
Thanks :) Tom Ripley Jan 2013 #104
For those familiar with these incidents, the claim in the OP is silly (nt) Demo_Chris Jan 2013 #92
Yahweh or the highway! Tom Ripley Jan 2013 #100
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