I remember Waco and the tragedy of how many lives were lost. Watching this series, it struck how anti-government the bias was. They portrayed David Koresh as quite "normal", as far as cult leaders go. In doing some research on Waco now, you hear clips of him screaming at his congregation, calling them stupid idiots. He slept with the senior citizen who was running the compound in a power play to take over Mt Carmel instead of it being left to her son. He had sex and married children as young as 11 years old. They portrayed the group as a lovely bunch. That's not how it was. There was systemic abuse in Waco, and many of the followers were also guilty of that. The ATF were called in because there were reports of grenades being delivered to the compound, and semi-automatic weapons being changed into automatic weapons without proper approval by the government. Koresh was a classic sociopath. He cared about his needs, and he loved the power. They did not portray that in the series well.
ATF and FBI admit they made mistakes during the siege and the standoff. It's inexcusable as innocent lives were lost. Children. I think the errors of the government were played up in the series while the craziness going on in the Branch Davidian compound was played down. Perry Jones essentially gave his under age daughter to Koresh because he was the prophet, and because he asked for her. You don't need to hear from God to know that's ass backwards.
ATF and FBI admit they made mistakes during the siege and the standoff. It's inexcusable as innocent lives were lost. Children. I think the errors of the government were played up in the series while the craziness going on in the Branch Davidian compound was played down. Perry Jones essentially gave his under age daughter to Koresh because he was the prophet, and because he asked for her. You don't need to hear from God to know that's ass backwards.