Ruby Ridge Siege

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Ruby ridge siege. Ruby ridge was the site of an 11 day siege in 1992 in boundary county idaho near naples. It began on august 21 when deputies of the united states marshals service usms initiated action to apprehend and arrest randy weaver under a bench warrant after his failure to appear on firearms charges. Marshals engaged in an 11 day standoff with self proclaimed white separatist randy weaver his family and a friend named kevin harris in an isolated cabin in boundary county idaho. Updated 3 years ago by liam.

Weaver s son sammy 14 was killed by u s. The ten day siege begun over a minor gun charge resulted in the deaths of weaver s son wife and dog and a u s. His attorney gerry spence successfully defended weaver against a host of charges including murder by using a self defense argument. The eleven day siege the weavers regarded themselves as white separatists not supremacists.

The aftermath of the federal siege at ruby ridge weaver was charged with ten counts including the original charges of illegal firearms sales. 31 1992 white separatist randy weaver surrendered to the fbi ending an 11 day standoff on ruby ridge in idaho that left three people dead.