LG, this time we disagree just a little.  

In reading the plaque, the onus of responsibility seems to be on the police and firefighters, fostering, I think, more distrust & hatred of police.  No mention of the fact the firefighters feared for their lives from gunfire coming from inside the house. No mention the bombing was not halted by the mayor - a black man. No mention the police were there to serve warrants & make some arrests - and that the neighborhood had been complaining about the activities at the house.

A terrible tragedy.  No doubt of that. Eleven dead and 60+ homes damaged/destroyed. But the responsibility for the entirety of the situation is not strictly on the police and firefighters. Should there have been repercussions? Yes..and hopes that tactics for dealing with such confrontations revamped. But the plaque should reference somehow that BOTH sides had a part in this tragedy.