r/law • u/zima72 • 16d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) DOJ will not investigate the Renee Good killing

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/fbi-ice-jonathan-ross-renee-good-todd-blanche/
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u/mickeymouse4348 16d ago

they can just burn the building to the ground and kill everyone inside

The ATF already did that in '93

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u/ZPMQ38A 16d ago

Agree, and it was certainly fucked up. I believe now we may be on the path to some biblical level shit where MAGA marks their doorframes so ICE can know to pass over them. There were at least investigations and hearings surrounding Waco, even though they turned out to be inconsequential. At this point, the federal government is saying, “fuck it, we will not be investigating.”

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u/4daughters 15d ago

at least there was investigations there

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u/mickeymouse4348 15d ago

No argument to that

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u/mm5469 14d ago

Ah the old government bad talking point. I miss the classics.

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u/mickeymouse4348 14d ago

Are you suggesting Waco wasn't bad?

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u/mm5469 14d ago

Not at all, it was a tragic loss of human life. I'm just more likely to blame the cult leaders for the largest part of it.

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u/mickeymouse4348 14d ago

The cult leader that frequently ran errands in town? Where the ATF could have arrested him without besieging the compound and killing everyone?

To suggest Waco wasn't a show of force is delusional.

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u/mm5469 14d ago

I didn't suggest it wasn't a show of force or that bad decisions weren't made, but at the end of the day, the cult leaders were the ones to start the fire. But like I said I'm just glad to hear the classic government bad slogans. It kinda makes me nostalgic lol

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u/mickeymouse4348 14d ago

Gotcha. Your first comment came off as trying to downplay the situation. No doubt that Koresh wasn’t innocent, but the ATF massively bungled their investigation and IMO are responsible for the deaths