Ruby Ridge Siege Movie

Frank was a bit on the goofy side always talking about ways to get even with the government.

Ruby ridge siege movie. Marshals engaged in an 11 day standoff with self proclaimed white separatist randy weaver his family and friend named kevin harris in an isolated cabin in boundary county idaho. Ruby ridge 2004 documentary tv movie 22 may 2004 this documentary covers the 11 day siege between the government and the randy weaver sfamily. Ruby ridge location of an incident in august 1992 in which fbi agents and u s. The shooting at the y the ruby ridge siege the ruby creek vigil and protest and the weaver harris trial occupy the last half of the movie.

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 first half of the tv movie ends as the weaver men are about to encounter three surveillance marshals in the forest at a fork in the trail called the y. Excerpt chapter 5 i met frank k. Shortly before dawn on august 21 1992 six heavily armed u s.

Three people were killed during the siege. Randy weaver the federal siege at ruby ridge. Editorial reviews on august 22 1992 400 federal agents armed with rifles choppers and tanks surrounded the ruby ridge idaho cabin of white supremacist randy weaver randy quaid independence day. Marshals made their way up to the isolated mountaintop home of randy and vicki weaver and their children on ruby.

This siege lit a fire for the neo nazi and militia movement. Given three conflicting dates for his court appearance and suspecting a conspiracy against him. When weaver resists a federal arrest warrant the u s. In retrospect i wondered many times if he wasn t a snitch.