On The Branch Davidians And Domestic Terror & Government Misconduct *WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGE*

51 Bloody Days Later The Siege Ended -- 76 People Were Killed -- None Were Government Agents

Originally a series of numbered tweets, the essay below reflect my views, looking back on how the United States Government handled the case against David Koresh and The Branch Davidians. 

Light editing for punctuation or expanding words from abbreviations has been done, but the words are basically as was said, off the top of my head on Twitter.

It should be noted, initially there was only a warrant for one single man. The religious separatists living at the compound were not under criminal investigation, nor were there any warrants for their apprehension. We were told their leader was who was wanted.

The government waged a war, and attacked a whole group of peaceful people, who were bothering no one, in order to execute a warrant against ONE MAN.

This is not an attempt at an exhaustive dissection of all that went wrong -- it was a series of impromptu tweets. My opinion.

The reader is encouraged to research other sources to get a more comprehensive view, of what I personally see as a very dark chapter in not just American history, but the history of freedom and democracy at large. -- James MacArthur, Agitator-In-Chief

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Armed Cops Inside City Schools A Bad Idea -- Opinion

Measure Being Considered Would Authorize Baltimore City Schools Police To Patrol School Hallways While Armed
24 February 2015

By A.F. James MacArthur 
Agitator In Chief 
On Twitter: @BaltoSpectator 
MACARTHUR INDEPENDENT NEWS SERVICE

Should Baltimore City Schools Police be able to roam the hallways of our public schools while packing heat?

Packed city school board hearing on armed police officers. pic.twitter.com/sBfrtlP8ld
— Erica L. Green (@EricaLG) February 24, 2015

As this is being written, the public is weighing in on that very same question at Baltimore Public School headquarters on North Ave.

That children in school need a comfortable, secure environment at school in order to thrive is without question. Well documented tensions between the black community and police shouldn't be ignored when thinking of this. Are we simply trying to increase intimidation and the fear factor for students?

Currently schools police -- Baltimore is the only school district in the state with it's own dedicated force -- patrol outside the buildings and on campus grounds armed, but are supposed to secure their weapons when routinely entering the interior of the premises.

First something should be made absolutely clear. In a true emergency, responding officers from outside the building would be able to have their weapons with them. This has never been a question. The matter is concerning routine operations, when nothing is going on, except children hopefully trying to learn.

Secondly, as any security or intelligence professional can tell you, by the time you need an armed response inside of a controlled access building like a school, you've already failed on multiple levels.

Good security is all about proactive prevention, not reacting after all hell has broken loose.