#Waco

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There’s evil

And then there’s ATF evil, holy SHIT.

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Sunset on the Shores of Lake Waco, 1955

Jack Blackwood

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RORY CULKIN as DAVID THIBODEAU in WACO (2018)

S01.E1: Visions and Omens

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Waco. With female pilot posing

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guns of the branch davidian cult

vhs, 1991

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OK, this post is a lie. The Giant Hole™ is real, but it is also explained,

The almost 30-foot hole was actually a geyser the original waco citizens ( where dr pepper was made) dug up in order to harvest the sparkling spring water and sell/ drink it.

This is one of the plaques near the hole. Waco was a big natural spring water harvester, as this kind of water was seen as medicinal durring the time.

this sign describes the hole and its questionable artisan quality. Again, it was likely dug in order to extract spring water

Baylor, the local university leads an archeological excavation into the site.

Baylor ind glass bottles and other containers, the "Dr. Pepper" was not found in the hole.

Me at the Hole™

In short, the Giant Hole™ is thoroughly explained. Unlike what the original post claimed. I also tried stepping on it hard, and the glass seemed sturdy.

Unrelated, but there's the anamatronic dr pepper creator on display for some reason.

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Worse than Waco

What transpired between members of the Branch Davidians and federal law enforcement in Waco is one of those moments where the government showed its true colours, but there’s an an even worse case.

After prior years of harassment and abuse (including murder) at the hands of law enforcement. MOVE, a christian anarcho-primitivist communal organisation, was besieged by nearly five hundred police officers on 5/13/1985.

Arresting & detaining have been among the tactics pigs used to either destroy MOVE or chase them out of the city. The reasons were racism (most MOVE members were black), and the organisation's activism related to the injustices of the American "justice" system among other things.

MOVE was started by John Africa (pictured bellow), who came up with their philosophical underpinnings, but was not a leader in any traditional sense. These beliefs included a love for all life, state abolition, self defence, soberness, eating fresh raw food, and staying active.

On that day in 1985, neighbouring buildings were evacuated as an army of pigs showed up to arrest MOVE. Water and electricity was shut off. Police used more than ten thousand rounds of ammo before cops decided the compound be bombed (yes, literally). A helicopter dropped two bombs that caused a fire. The ensuing fire killed 11 of the 13 people in the house (John Africa, 5 other adults, and five children). Ramona Africa, the only adult survivor, said that police fired at those trying to escape. The fire destroyed over 60 other buildings.

In '96 a federal jury ordered the city to pay a $1.5 million civil suit judgment to survivor Ramona Africa and relatives of 2 people killed in the bombing. The city used excessive force and violated the members' constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure.

If you wish to learn more about MOVE, I recommend their booklet "25 years on the Move", available for free at Anarchist Library.

“All living beings, things that move, are equally important, whether they are human beings, dogs, birds, fish, trees, ants, weeds, rivers, wind or rain. To stay healthy and strong, life must have lean air, clean water and pure food. If deprived of these things, life will cycle to the next level, or as the system says, ‘die’.” - John Africa

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Kyle Franklin flying the Waco Mystery Ship

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More Waco arrivals. Oshkosh 2023.

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This poster from Trump’s Waco rally today says it all.

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Highway 81, Waco, Texas, Steve Fitch, 1973

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“Waco” David Palumbo 2018 Illustration for the April issue of Texas Monthly.

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Felt the need to make this a separate post from the last one so people would pay attention to me 🥳

How do we feel about Rory’s character in Waco because i find him so attractive but i don’t know if i’m allowed to 💀 but like drummer=sexy in my brain

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Waco

Typical Western-town tired of thugs, hires gunman to come in and protect them. Some townsfolk have connections to said gunman. Other unsavory people run the town. De's a henchman for the unsavory saloon owner. Not as smart alacky as Curly in Warlock. (BTW Waco is the name of the gunslinger, has nothing to do with Waco, Texas).

But wow is De hanging here like a champ. I'm sure there was a mat below but it still takes guts to do it. He's really swinging around trusting the actor (Waco) to hold him.

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I assume this is the look that Gaetz was going for here.