I was in high school when this happened. I come from a law enforcement family that has a family member killed in the line of duty. At the time, I was seething mad at Koresh for killing the ATF agents. I had no prior knowledge of Ruby Ridge and of course the media didn't tell us the whole story. I don't remember them talking much about the guns that the Davidians had, just about how Koresh was a child molester. I remember watching the compound burn live on tv because I had stayed home from school sick that day. As I got older, I looked more into what happened and it absolutely floored me to find out about the actions of the government, the BATFE, and the FBI. I was brought up thinking that they were the good guys. Hell, I was a criminal justice major in college and one of my professors was a retired BATFE agent (He HATED that acronym. He wanted it to just be called the ATF.). I'm glad that I never applied to the BATFE. My professor was always pushing me to. Hell, I got such a distaste for federal law enforcement that I never pursued that career at all, when at one time I was almost obsessed with becoming a federal agent and fighting bad guys.
If there are any readers here, here are a few books that I couldn't recommend enough.
"I come from a law enforcement family that has a family member killed in the line of duty. At the time, I was seething mad at Koresh for killing the ATF agents."
This is how the government generates sympathy. If every family has at least 1 member in the "services" (Fire, LE, Military) they are likely to side with the government.
I was in high school when this happened. I come from a law enforcement family that has a family member killed in the line of duty. At the time, I was seething mad at Koresh for killing the ATF agents. I had no prior knowledge of Ruby Ridge and of course the media didn't tell us the whole story. I don't remember them talking much about the guns that the Davidians had, just about how Koresh was a child molester. I remember watching the compound burn live on tv because I had stayed home from school sick that day. As I got older, I looked more into what happened and it absolutely floored me to find out about the actions of the government, the BATFE, and the FBI. I was brought up thinking that they were the good guys. Hell, I was a criminal justice major in college and one of my professors was a retired BATFE agent (He HATED that acronym. He wanted it to just be called the ATF.). I'm glad that I never applied to the BATFE. My professor was always pushing me to. Hell, I got such a distaste for federal law enforcement that I never pursued that career at all, when at one time I was almost obsessed with becoming a federal agent and fighting bad guys.
If there are any readers here, here are a few books that I couldn't recommend enough.
Patriots - by James Wesley Rawles https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1425734073/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1587992306&sr=1-1
Enemies Foreign and Domestic - by Matthew Bracken https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0972831010/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1587992391&sr=8-2
Unintended Consequences - by John Ross https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1888118040/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1587992531&sr=8-1 (this may be harder to find)
"I come from a law enforcement family that has a family member killed in the line of duty. At the time, I was seething mad at Koresh for killing the ATF agents."
This is how the government generates sympathy. If every family has at least 1 member in the "services" (Fire, LE, Military) they are likely to side with the government.