1992 Ruby Ridge Incident

The day the american militia movement was born a surveillance photo of the weavers with guns on the property in ruby ridge 1992.

1992 ruby ridge incident. Ruby ridge was the site of an 11 day siege in 1992 in boundary county idaho near naples. Randy weaver now lives in montana with his children and grandchildren and 20 years after the incident the weavers say they have learned to forgive the government for destroying their family. This is the last photograph of vicki weaver before she was killed by an fbi sniper aug. It was taken by usms surveillance the morning of aug.

Marshals came upon harris weaver weaver s 14 year old son sammy and the family dog on a road near the weaver property. On august 21 1992 after a period of surveillance u s. In august 1992 an 11 day standoff occurred between the weaver family and the atf. Marshal william degan were killed during the siege.

21 1992 and was evidence at the subsequent trial. 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. Weaver s wife vicki his 14 year old son sammy and u s. The situation escalated when the family s dog noticed government agents surveilling the property leading.

22 1992 in the ruby ridge standoff. 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. The man in question randy weaver and his daughter sara survived the siege but his wife vicki was shot in the head in 1992.

Facing skeptical senators an fbi official wednesday defended his review of the 1992 ruby ridge ida siege the report relied on by director louis j. A marshal shot and. The famous idaho standoff that happened in ruby ridge sends chills down the spine even today.