Word: weavers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Randy Weaver believed the federal government would one day surround his home and kill his family...
...Weaver wasn't paranoid...
Kevin Harris, a friend of Randy Weaver who was involved in the Ruby Ridge siege, testified Tuesday that U.S. marshals started the gunfight that left William Degan, a marshal, and Weaver's son Samuel dead at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. "Harris is not a very credible witness," reports Elaine Shannon. "His comments came across as being very self-serving. He's already off the hook since his acquittal, and his testimony isn't going to shed any truth on the investigation." Marshals have testified that they were ambushed by the Weavers and that Harris shot Degan. Harris was acquitted on that...
...marksmen told a skeptical Senate panel that the 1992 fatal shooting of white separatist Randy Weaver's wife by an FBI colleague was justified. Reason? The gun-toting Weavers, caught in a standoff with agents, posed a threat to a circling FBI helicopter. Federal marshals involved in the shootout that precipitated the siege testified that they believe Weaver accidentally killed his son--and not they, as Weaver has charged...
...rapt Senate panel listened sympathetically to white separatist Randy Weaver's account of the deadly standoff that occurred between his family and the FBI at his remote Ruby Ridge, Idaho, cabin in 1992. The encounter, which began when federal agents came to arrest Weaver on firearms charges, resulted in the shooting death of Weaver's wife, his son and a federal marshal--and accusations that the FBI used excessive force to end the siege and then tried to cover it up. In their testimony, federal law-enforcement officials defended their initial decision to bring firearms charges against Weaver. The Justice...