Waco, Texas & the Branch Davidians.

"The Feds came looking for a fight in Texas and they found one...

"... and then they lied about who provoked whom."

Texas Ranger H. Joaquin Jackson opines on Waco's notorious shoot - out with the Branch Davidians.

"[I]f the Rangers had handled the Branch Davidian investigation, there would have been no bloodshed."



Snippet from page 266 of his book, co -authored with David Marion Wilkinson, One Ranger: A Memoir.


"This book never said a word about Ray Martinez and Rudy Martinez.

"Together, they're a criminal's worst nightmare.

" Or even Joey Gordon Ranger pyrotechnics expert, who had the ba*ls to refute the FBI determination about the Branch Davidian fiasco in Waco.

"He knew it didn't happen like the Feds reported, and he said so.

"I should have said also that if the Rangers had handled the Branch Davidian investigation, there would have been no bloodshed.

"The Feds came looking for a fight in Texas and they found one and then lied about who provoked whom.

"Ranger Joey Gordon helped put things right.

"If you didn't know that you do now, but I couldn't find a place for that discussion in my book..."