The Cossacks and Banditos are both scum. What happened there was basically a “free fire zone” by the local authorities. This was in effect sanctioned murder of scum but a criminal action of the authorities.
In addition many innocents were arrested and locked up just for being there.
Waco and my dear State of Texas will pay many millions for this atrocity. The authorities were expecting trouble and this was a reasonable expectation.
Why in the hell were they outside in a firing perimeter instead of inside and in the parking lot in full uniform were this scum gathered? If they were inside and in the parking lot in uniform with their weapons, this would not have happened. This question has not been answered.
The kindest answer is massive incompetence. All other answers are murder. I actually believe incompetence of the highest order but this incompetence became murder.
Oddly I do not care about the scum that died. I care greatly about state sanctioned execution. If they can do it to scum, they can do it to you.
Bingo.
That is the crux of the matter.
I forgot to add this, “what were the orders given to those in the firing perimeter and under what circumstance should they engage with lethal fire?” I personally suspect there were no strict orders given and it was just total incompetence. I also want to know why they were set up in a firing perimeter. What the hell were they thinking before this happened?