Which state is home to 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, federal agents from the United States Marshals Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The incident was cited as a motivation for the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995.
The 1992 confrontation between federal agents and the Randy Weaver family in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, has become one of the most controversial and widely discussed examples of the abuse of federal power. The Justice Department task force was especially appalled that the adults were gunned down before receiving any warning or demand to surrender: “While the operational plan included a provision for a surrender demand, that demand was not made until after the shootings…. The lack of a planned ‘call out’ as the sniper/observers deployed is significant because the Weavers were known to leave the cabin armed when vehicles or airplanes approached.
