The Waco siege was a 51-day standoff between the US government and the Branch Davidians (a religious sect led by David Koresh), near Waco, Texas in 1993. The incident resulted in the deaths of many citizens including pregnant women and children. What say you?

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They were trafficking children (supposedly) and likely capable of implicating local or even non-local officials of some kind, hence the evidence being destroyed and that being a big talking point.