Ruby Ridge

Ruby Ridge was the site of a violent confrontation and siege in the U.S. state of Idaho in 1992. It involved Randy Weaver, his family, Weaver's friend Kevin Harris, and agents of the United States Marshals Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation. The incident was cited as a motivation for the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995. Randy Weaver, a former Iowa factory worker and Green Beret, moved his family to northern Idaho during the 1980s in order ... more
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