David Koresh Research Paper

On the day of April 19, 1993, at the Mount Carmel Compound in Waco Texas, an inferno of flames broke out after a 51 day siege on the Branch Davidians cult group. A total of 92 lives were lost during the fire, as well as many more during the previous 51 days. Many speculations arose whether the compound being incinerated was set by the FBI in a final attempt to make the Davidians leave the compound, and end the million dollar siege once and for all, or if it was a mass suicide conducted by David Koresh, the leader of the Branch Davidians. Of course, this will always remain a mystery, because almost 100 of the members refused to leave the building, leaving it to be a national tragedy, and unclosed case of who did it.

Avriel Benjamin Kaplan was born on April 17, 1989, to Michael Kaplan and Shelly Kaplan in Visalia, California. Since Michael Kaplan was Jewish Avriel Benjamin Kaplan’s name was hard to pronounce, so they called him Avi for short. When Avi Kaplan was five years old his sister was born, Esther Kaplan. He went to school at Mt. Whitney High School. In school, Kaplan was bullied because he was part Jewish. As a freshman in high school, he was asked to join a chamber choir primarily made up of junior and senior students. When Kaplan was 15 he taught himself to play guitar, and later in life, he even performed at restaurants and other places. he performed at Visalia, California coffee houses. Kaplan wrote his first song called “Collision” which is very close to his heart.

The year is 1993, and there had been a deadly fire that consumed the lives of eighty individuals. The fire erupted in Waco, Texas on a compound called Mt. Carmel. There had been a 51 day siege where the ATF and the FBI tried to gain control of the compound and capture the leader, David Koresh. David Koresh was a self-proclaimed prophet and preached a version of Christianity called the Branch Davidians. They were very primitive, in almost all aspects. They had no electronic devices, no plumbing and followed a very strict regime instructed by David Koresh himself. To put it plainly, they were a part of a religious cult. Whether this cult was a suicide cult or not was a hot topic of debate when regarding the Waco Siege. According to the court, and despite the majority of sources, it was concluded that the fire was self-inflicted by an arsonists, stripping the government of responsibility and ruling the deaths as murder-suicides.

All United States citizens have rights. We have the five functions of the government: to form a more perfect union, to establish justice, to insure domestic tranquility, to provide for the common defense, to promote the general welfare. As independent individuals in America, we are supposed to abide by these laws. We endure these laws. However, we are also taught to stand up for what we believe in. The 1st amendment confirms that there will be no tolerance for discrimination towards others’ religious beliefs. It states:

A man by the name, Victor Houteff was “defellowshipped from a Los Angeles Seventh- day Adventists church” (CRI) in 1929 and 1930. Due to his unforeseen spiritual movement, Waco Texas in 1993 experienced a 51 day biblical event like never before seen or experienced since the first coming of Christ. The Branch Davidians along with the infamous David Koresh came to be because of Houteff “sharing his “Divergent Views” with other church members” (CRI). It was five years after he was ostracized from the church that Houteff along with twelve others who believed that the Holy Ghost proclaimed him to be the Lamb of God, went to Mt. Carmel Texas. Their purpose was to have a location in which “144,000” could gather in order to fulfill requirements

On April 19th, 1995 a homemade bomb made of a concoction of agricultural fertilizer, fuel, and other dangerous chemicals was left in a truck parked outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building in Oklahoma City. At 9:02 in the morning, it’s blast damaged over 300 buildings surrounding the vehicle and even flattened a third of the federal building. (Strom, 2015) The bomb took the lives of 168 people, including 19 children. It was found that two men, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Lynn Nichols were the ones who planted the device. Both men were found to be associated with a radical militia movement that sought revenge for a siege in Waco, Texas two years prior. The siege killed 82 Branch Davidians, of whom, multiple were related to the militia movement.

Jeff Karpell was a standout outfielder for the Fairleigh Dickinson baseball program. His freshman campaign he posted the longest hit streak by reaching base safely in seven consecutive games. Karpell also led all freshmen in hitting with a .313 batting average. Karpell really stood out as a sophomore earning All-Northeast Conference honors with a .337 average, which put him 3rd on the team and 9th in the NEC. During his senior season Karpell threw out 9 base runners, which is good enough to put him first for most single season outfield assists. Karpell’s efforts are still shown in the FDU record books where he ranks: 7th in single season hits (64), 7th in triples (4), 3rd in runs batted in (59). Along with his single season achievements Karpell is also 7th in career batting average (.343), 7th in at bats (571), 5th in hits (196), 3rd in triples (9), and 2nd in RBIs (145).

The Waco siege ended 22 years ago in a colossal fire that ended up killed 76 people including two pregnant women and over 20 children. The siege began on February 28, 1993, when the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) attempted to execute a search warrant at Mount Carmel Center ranch, a property held by religious group Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas (leppard, 2013). The government suspected a radical religious leader David Koresh of stock piling firearms and manufacturing drugs. The raid rose into an intense gun fight that last lasted two hours with the result four agents and six Davidians killed in action. The FBI then launched a long-term assault while attempting to negotiate with Koresh and force him to surrender the ranch. The siege ended on April 19, 50 days after the primary raid, when the FBI sprung a final assault against Koresh. Three fires broke out in the building, killing 76 men, women, and children, including sect leader Koresh. A total of 82 people died as a result of the Waco siege (Leppard, 2013).

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Waco Branch conflict between the U.S. government and the branch davidians was took place on April 19, 1993. It was continued for fifty-one days in Waco Texas. Davidians are the members of the branch davidian and the lender was David Koresh. He was born in Houston, Texas in 1959. According to me the conflict between U.S government and branch davidians was handled appropriately. The tragic fire that took place was because of the weapons and other gun material. In some articles it is said that he was running a religious group but, it was just for show off. What the followers and David were doing behind this curtain of lye and false was discovered by the ATF agents when they raid the compound they were having the search warrant for investigation

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Television reviews in the 1990s showed the deaths of more than 86 members of a religious group in Waco, Texas, known as the Branch Davidian. Texas served as a symbol of the then Attorney General Janet Reno’s bravery and heroic efforts after taking responsibility for the deaths. Most members of the Texas Parliament reaffirmed the notion that the leader of the religious sect, David Koresh, was mentally unstable and his followers willingly allowed themselves to be misled. However, was it necessary for the law enforcement agencies in Texas to massacre the members of the Branch Davidian cult? Was there another alternative for solving the issue?

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