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The Ruby Ridge standoff was the siege of a cabin occupied by the Weaver family in Boundary County, Idaho, in August 1992.On August 21, deputies of the United States Marshals Service (USMS) came to arrest Randy Weaver under a bench warrant for his failure to appear on federal firearms charges after he was given the wrong court date. [1]
In the Fort Leavenworth Railroad Co. v. Lowe Supreme Court decision (1885), Justice Stephen J. Field wrote that the authority of the federal government over territories is "necessarily paramount", but that once a territory is organized as a state and admitted to the union on equal footing with other states, the state government assumes ...
Ruby Ridge is a 4,616-foot (1,407 m) mountain ridge in the Kaniksu National Forest (administered as part of the Idaho Panhandle National Forests) in southern Boundary County, Idaho, United States. [ 1 ]
The words “Revolution is Tradition” stenciled in fresh blue and red paint mark a cement wall in a dry river wash beneath a remote southern Nevada freeway overpass, where armed protesters and ...
Randall Claude Weaver (January 3, 1948 – May 11, 2022) was an American survivalist and self-proclaimed white separatist. [1] [2] He was a central actor in the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff with federal agents at his cabin near Naples, Idaho, during which his wife and son were killed.
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Return to prison of ranchers who pled guilty to arson on federal property and group's belief the federal government lacks authority to own and manage public lands in U.S. states [1] Leader's belief to be under the direction of a divine message [2] Goals: Short-term: Disrupt the work of federal employees at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge [3]
The U.S. Forest Service and a homeless family camping in Payette National Forest near McCall clashed for years. When officers went to make arrests, chaos and tragedy ensued.