America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s

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That summer, in 1871, was one of the driest on record. A 20th-century reconstruction conducted by the National Weather Service showed that after a long period of higher-than-usual temperatures and drought, a low-pressure front with cooler temperatures produced winds across the region. This whipped smaller fires into a giant conflagration.

During the siege, the FBI sent a video camera to the Branch Davidians. In the videotape made by Koresh's followers, Koresh introduced his children and his "wives" to the FBI negotiators, including several minors who claimed to have had babies fathered by Koresh. (Koresh had fathered perhaps 14 of the children who stayed with him in the compound.) Several Branch Davidians made statements in the video. [69] On day nine, Monday, March 8, the Branch Davidians sent out the videotape to show the FBI that there were no hostages, but everyone was staying inside on their own free will. This video also included a message from Koresh. [41]

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a b Witherspoon, Tormy. "District judge throws out Roden's leadership lawsuit". WacoTrib.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2019 . Retrieved November 1, 2019. The next film was Day 51: The True Story of Waco, produced in 1995 by Richard Mosley and featuring Ron Cole, a self-proclaimed militia member from Colorado who was later prosecuted for weapons violations. [157] Thompson's and Mosley's films, along with extensive coverage given to the Waco siege on some talk radio shows, galvanized support for the Branch Davidians among some sections of the right, including the nascent militia movement, while critics on the left also denounced the government siege on civil liberties grounds. Radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones made his documentary film, America Wake Up (Or Waco), in 2000. [ citation needed] While the Wisconsin fire was overshadowed by the Chicago fire, it is still studied by forest managers and firefighters, who use it as an example of bad forestry practices and the power of unpredictable wildfires. Here is a guide to the icons on map. Need more tips for getting started? Visit our User Guide available here Siege (March 1 through April 18): Hundreds of federal agents; two Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopters. [127]

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The fire and its effects were featured in 2013 on America Declassified on the Travel Channel, and on Radiolab's Cities episode. [29] [17] The Real Story Behind the Waco Siege: Who Were David Koresh and the Branch Davidians?". Time.com. January 24, 2018.

The data on the AirNow Fire and Smoke Map are intended to help individuals make decisions to protect their health during fires. Other events sharing the date of fire at Mt. Carmel have been mentioned in discussions of the Waco siege. The April 20, 1999, Columbine High School massacre might have been timed to mark either an anniversary of the FBI's assault at Waco or Adolf Hitler's birthday. [147] Some of the connections appear coincidental. [ citation needed] Eight years before the Waco fire, the ATF and FBI raided another compound of a religious cult: The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord. Some ATF agents who were present at that raid were present at Waco. April 19 was also the date from the American Revolution's opening battles. During the siege, several scholars who study apocalypticism in religious groups attempted to persuade the FBI that the siege tactics being used by government agents would only reinforce the impression within the Branch Davidians that they were part of a Biblical " end-of-times" confrontation that had cosmic significance. [75] This would likely increase the chances of a violent and deadly outcome. The religious scholars pointed out that the beliefs of the group may have appeared to be extreme, but to the Branch Davidians, their religious beliefs were deeply meaningful, and they were willing to die for them. [75] Stream full episodes of World on Fire Season 1 and more great shows from MASTERPIECE when you watch with PBS Passport. Watch online and on the free PBS App.

CEV2, with battering ram, rips a hole into second floor of compound; minutes later another hole is punched into the rear of one of the buildings of the compound. The vehicles then withdraw. [93] Sherman, Frasser (2018). "What Hours Are First Shift & Second Shift?". Archived from the original on 29 January 2018 . Retrieved 26 January 2018.