the
entire structure and surrounding trees to be engulfed in flames.
o A member of a violent militia group called 'The Posse' was armed and
wholed up: they simply *purposely* set the house on fire. Burned
him to death.
o Philadelphia police purposely drop an incindiary device on the top
of a building housing an armed and holed-up African-American group
(men, woman & children) called 'Move'. They burned down the entire
neighborhood of 62 homes. 9/28/96 NYT: 1.5 million dollars was
awarded
to survivors. Eleven men, women and children died in the fire
purposely
set ("a satchel of explosives") by Police Commissioner Gregore
Sambor
and Fire Chief William Richmond to open a hole in the building for
tear
gas delivery. But Pennsylvania state law was ruled to grant them
personal immunity from Federal civil rights charges because they
were
state employees [what???]. The incident occurred in May 1985.
o Waco. CS tear gas attack by the FBI using Army tanks.
The government, across the decades, keeps managing to burn people to
death,
rather than bringing them to trial.
Often, tear gas is involved.
----
Randy Weaver at Ruby Ridge.
Persisting, a BATF informant persuaded Weaver, a DECORATED GREEN BERET
VETERAN of Vietnam with NO CRIMINAL RECORD, to sell him two shotguns,
but insisted that Weaver saw the barrels off one-quarter inch short of
the legal limit.
Monitoring him, they knew Mr. Weaver needed money for his family.
Why did the government target Mr. Weaver?
Blackmail.
One of the FBI's favorite activities is spying on political organizations.
They wanted to use him to infiltrate white supremacists groups for the
government. Or face prosecution.
When Weaver refused, he was indicted on guns charges. He was sent two
conflicting court appearance dat
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