WHY oh WHY did the Davidians resist a lawful order and allow law enforcement officers to proceed with the carrying out a lawful order?
WAS there material that Vernon Wayne Howell feared *WOULD* be found - and he couldn't take a chance on that? Was that it in a nutshell - guilty con-man fears his world is about to unravel SO he slams the door back shut!
AND - he *KNEW* there was incriminating material - AND he had absolutely *no* desire to be hauled back before a law-abiding magistrate again and RISK a trial and eventual imprisonment.
Oh the horror! Being sent up for an crime! No more pre-teens! Oh the horror!
What was the lawful order, and how was it given?
Tbe normal procedure for serving a search warrant is to present whoever answers the door with an official paper copy of the warrant and then begin the search. Even on a no-knock raid, the police are supposed to present a physical copy of the warrant after the premesis are secured, when they conduct their search.
There is no evidence that the BATF made any effort to follow such a procedure. If such a procedure was planned, then somebody should know who was supposed to present the warrant, and who was supposed to have it. Nobody has been able to testify to knowing any such thing. The plan was for the BATF to break into Koresh's home whether or not Koresh offered any resistance.
So I ask you, what was the "lawful order" Koresh was supposedly given, and how was he given it?