• Parent [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah the documentary covers that. They took barbituates to make themselves calm so they wouldn't panic and make bad decisions. They synchronized their watches to 8 minutes because they calculated that's how long it'd take cops to get there. But they miscalculated and it only took 2-3 minutes for cops to surround the building.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Thousands of rounds fired, but the only people who died were the two bank robbers. But that didn't stop the piggies from using it to justify massive militarization for decades afterward.