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The FULL True Story of the KILLDOZERhttps://rumble.com/v7at0ho-the-full-true-story-of-the-killdozer.html On June 4th, 2004, a sixty-three-ton bulldozer, fortified with steel and concrete, systematically destroyed numerous businesses and homes in the small mountain town of Granby, Colorado. The rampage lasted over two hours and resulted in more than eight million dollars in damage. State and local police were incapable of even slowing the machine. Though it was armed with three high-powered firearms, no one but the driver was killed. His name was Marvin Heemeyer. This video explores the polarizing perspectives on this man, his motives, and what drove him to the breaking point.Marvin Heemeyer was born October 28, 1951 in Castlewood, South Dakota, U.S.A. Few people seem to be aware of that. He was a quiet man, never one to be aggressive. That was until the local "good old boy" politics of Granby, Colorado declared unilateral war against his God-given rights and freedoms. It was perhaps the very first FAFO event in recent history.Marvin John Heemeyer (October 28, 1951 – June 4, 2004) was an American USAF veteran, welder and automobile repair shop owner who demolished numerous buildings with a modified bulldozer in Granby, Colorado, in June 2004. The uninformed biased media will tell you he did it out of revenge, but I beg to differ. It was a reckoning.Heemeyer's machine was posthumously labeled by some members of the media and later adopted by some of Heemeyer's supporters as the "Killdozer".For 12 years, Granby town officials, neighbors of his muffler shop, the local press, and other citizens of Granby had been in disputes with Heemeyer in various ways, including over zoning rules which Heemeyer believed impaired his muffler repair shop's business. Motivated by his frustration, Heemeyer began secretly armoring a Komatsu D355A bulldozer with layers of steel and concrete in 2002 with the intent of using it for destructive purposes.On June 4, 2004, Heemeyer used the bulldozer in a vehicle-ramming attack to demolish the Granby town hall, the house of a former mayor, and several other buildings. He killed himself after the bulldozer became stuck in the debris of a hardware store he was destroying. No one else was injured or killed during the rampage.