The Branch Davidians didn’t want to die inside their compound at Mount Carmel. They didn’t want to be tear-gassed, or trapped under rubble, or burned alive next to their children. FBI negotiator Gary Noesner knew that. When he was removed from the Branch Davidian siege in Wednesday’s season finale of Waco, he asked his tactical piers if they understood how the city kept the Branch Davidians in line all these years. “Before all the tanks, and the PsyOps, and cruelty, and bullshit,” he yells, “They talked to them!” He knew that what the Branch Davidians wanted was, very simply, to be heard. And sect leader David Koresh, ultimately, shared that goal—but unlike his followers, recognition was more important than survival. Koresh’s desire to be heard…View Original PostThe post When The Fire Came to ‘Waco’ appeared first on Texas Monthly.
