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 \nIt was the heart of the defense for four of thesix men convicted in the gun battle that killed fourFederal agents and six of Koresh's followers onFeb.28,1993.That brought it before the 5th U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans,whichsplit 2-1.  \nNo way,said 5th Circuit Judges PatrickHigginbotham and John Duhe.  \n\"A citizen may not initiate a firefight solelyon the ground that the police sent too many well-armed officers to arrest him,\"Higginbotham wrotefor the majority.\"We reject this invitation forindividuals to forcibly resist arrest and then puttheir arresters on trial for the reasonableness oftheir tactical decisions.\"  \nU.S.District Judge William Schwartzer'sdissent was just as strongly worded:\"Under thecourt's sweeping rationale,it would have made nodifference if the agents had been supported byarmored personnel carriers,or by tanks,or bysuppression fire from aircraft.\"  \nA 51-day stalemate followed the initial fire-  \nfight,ending when the BATF flooded the com-  \nSee KORESH,page two)  \nAugust 9,1996  \nPage 1  \nIN THIS ISSUE                  \nKORESH FOLLOWERS:Appeals Court Rules.   ……1PUBLISHER'S RESPONSE.   …  ……   …1  \nN.C:Crime Control Secretary Bans Undercover Sex.….……3COPS:Support Victims Amendment…  …    ….5AFFIRMATIVE ACTION:Progress Being Made………5INTERNET:A Powerful Law Enforcement Tool…  …6JOB LISTINGS……          …   …   …7AG RENO:Keynote Speaker At Symposium…   ……7P.OS.T.:Says LA Police Chief Doean't Quality…    8ABA:Perspectives Outlined In New Publication…   ……9WASHINGTON,D.C:Police Exams Questioned………10KEVLAR:Inventor Receives Medal……  ………  10  \nPUBLISHER'S RESPONSE  \nNote:The following letter is in response to acommunication received from Mr.Gilbert G.Gallegos,national president of the Fraternal Orderof Police,expressing his displeasure with an articleentitled \"Lawmakers Seek National Database ToMonitor Rogue Police,Corrections Oficers,\"which appeared in the July 26,1996 issue of CrimeControl Digest (Ml.30,No.30,page 1).Mr.Gallegos'letter was reprinted in the August 2,1996 issue of Crime Control Digest (Mol.30,No.  \n31,page 1).  \n(See PUBLISHER'S RESPONSE,page two)  \n(KORESH,from page one)  \npound near Waco with tear gas and fire engulfedthe compound,killing Koresh and 78 others.Twenty-five children died in the fire.  \nCongress took up the question of excessiveforce in 1995,when two House subcommitteescalled up BATF agents,Koresh's followers andAttorney General Janet Reno for 10 days of hear-ings.  \nThe previous year,11 of Koresh's followerswere tried on charges including murder and con-spiracy to murder BATF agents.All were acquit-ted of murder and conspiracy;four were acquittedon all counts.  \nFour defendants are serving 40-year sen-tences--10 years for voluntary manslaughter and 30for carrying a weapon to commit a violent crime.Another is serving a 20-year sentence,for theweapons conviction and for possessing a grenade.A sixth is serving 15 years for conspiring to own amachine gun and for helping Koresh get machineguns.  \nHigginbotham rejected their claim that theywere only defending themselves--and that the trialjudge was required to tell jurors that self-defense isa valid counter to a manslaughter charge.  \n\"Given the extraordinary amount of automat-ic and large-caliber gunfire that the defendantsrained upon persons they knew were Federalagents,the law offers no shelter for pleas that thedefendant used only force that was 'responsive toexcessive force.'The legal claim simply has nofactual leg,\"he wrote.  \n6  \nSchwartzer said the four","cbCaipCG3oHgSf3G","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipCG3oHgSf3G","pdf",3544227,11,"English","# KORESH FOLLOWERS: Appeals Court Rules\n## Legal reasoning on excessive force and arrest resistance\n## Dissent and implications for manslaughter and weapons charges\n## Background of the Waco events and trial outcomes\n# PUBLISHER'S RESPONSE\n## Response to a letter from Mr. Gallegos","[{\"question\":\"What issue did the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decide in the Koresh case?\",\"answer\":\"It addressed whether BATF agents used excessive force during the 1993 raid and how that affected arguments tied to manslaughter and weapons convictions.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the majority opinion view arguments about resisting arrest and police force?\",\"answer\":\"The majority held that an individual may not initiate a firefight solely because police sent too many well-armed officers, rejecting invitations to resist arrest and then put officers on trial.\"},{\"question\":\"What did the dissent argue regarding limits on police force and self-defense instructions?\",\"answer\":\"The dissent argued that it would not matter whether agents used armored support or heavy fire, and concluded that defendants had a serious claim of excessive force—requiring a self-defense instruction and making the trial court’s omission a reversible error.\"}]","APPEALS COURT REJECTS ARGUMENTS FROM SEX FOLLOWERS OF KORESH | PDF",28]