Ruby Ridge American Experience

Ruby ridge location of an incident in august 1992 in which fbi agents and u s.

Ruby ridge american experience.

Three people were killed during the siege. Watch the opening scene of ruby ridge. Charged with selling two illegal sawed off shotguns to an undercover agent weaver had failed to. A documentary series that recounts the gripping story of randy weaver s infamous standoff in ruby ridge idaho.

Given three conflicting dates for his court appearance and suspecting a conspiracy against him. Shortly before dawn on august 21 1992 six heavily armed u s. 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. You may also like.

Page 1 of 1. Marshals made their way up to the isolated mountaintop home of randy weaver his wife vicki and their three children on ruby ridge in northern idaho. Post production editor paul sanni. 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 is a riveting account of the event that helped give rise to the modern american. With jim botting richard butler bo gritz peter jennings. Directed by barak goodman. After the shootout with federal marshals ended in the deaths of weaver s wife and.