Only one life was lost that day, and it was taken by force from Marvin well before he burst through the wall of his humble muffler shop. He was a man pushed too far by business, lawyers, judges, zoning commissioners, state representatives and their greed. He lost his business and his very way of life was destroyed.
He tried going the proper channels but the system was rigged and stacked against him. After all legal paths were exhausted, he spent the next year of his life using his life hardened and honed skills welding sheets of steel to his dozer. A machine that was originally purchased with the intent of building a road to his business, would now be outfitted for a new purpose, to teach greedy arrogant men, that actions have consequences.
Marvin mounted cameras and guns to it. Installed fans, air conditioners, compressed air to clear debris from the cameras, and even greased up the out side sheets of metal to prevent people from climbing on.
Once the dozer was completed, Marvin took out his revenge on the system that was stacked against him. His only tragets were the judges, lawyers and business buildings of those that destroyed his life. The media called him a terrorist, but he was just a normal man pushed to his limits until he decided to push back. His solo manned mission to teach life lessons to the corrupt, caused the city that ruined his life over 7 million dollars in damages.
They later found his final message,
I was always willing to be reasonable until I had to be unreasonable. Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things."
His story is a good reminder of what normal men pushed to their breaking point are capable of. More so than ever, the powers that be may need to be reminded again, what normal men pushed to their limits are capable of.
The picture is in reference to what is now known as the "killdozer", Marvin Heemeyer.
Only one life was lost that day, and it was taken by force from Marvin well before he burst through the wall of his humble muffler shop. He was a man pushed too far by business, lawyers, judges, zoning commissioners, state representatives and their greed. He lost his business and his very way of life was destroyed.
He tried going the proper channels but the system was rigged and stacked against him. After all legal paths were exhausted, he spent the next year of his life using his life hardened and honed skills welding sheets of steel to his dozer. A machine that was originally purchased with the intent of building a road to his business, would now be outfitted for a new purpose, to teach greedy arrogant men, that actions have consequences.
Marvin mounted cameras and guns to it. Installed fans, air conditioners, compressed air to clear debris from the cameras, and even greased up the out side sheets of metal to prevent people from climbing on.
Once the dozer was completed, Marvin took out his revenge on the system that was stacked against him. His only tragets were the judges, lawyers and business buildings of those that destroyed his life. The media called him a terrorist, but he was just a normal man pushed to his limits until he decided to push back. His solo manned mission to teach life lessons to the corrupt, caused the city that ruined his life over 7 million dollars in damages.
They later found his final message,
His story is a good reminder of what normal men pushed to their breaking point are capable of. More so than ever, the powers that be may need to be reminded again, what normal men pushed to their limits are capable of.
Here is his story from his point of view from his own recordings.