On Aug. A gunfight broke out. Samuel Weaver and Deputy U. Marshal William Degan were killed. As Weaver, Harris and Sara ran back toward the house, the sniper fired a second bullet, which passed through Vicki Weaver's head and wounded Harris in the chest. During the siege , Sara Weaver crawled around her mother's blanket-covered body to get food and water for the survivors, including the infant, until the family surrendered on Aug.
Harris and Randy Weaver were arrested, and Weaver's daughters went to live with their mother's family in Iowa. Randy Weaver was acquitted of the most serious charges and Harris was acquitted of all charges. The surviving members of the Weaver family filed a wrongful death lawsuit. It ended violently after 51 days on April 19, , when a fire destroyed the compound after an assault was launched, killing 76 people. Ruby Ridge has been cited often by militia and patriot groups since.
Sara Weaver said she is devastated each time someone commits a violent act in the name of Ruby Ridge. I wouldn't wish that on anyone. In the years after Ruby Ridge, Sara Weaver, now 36, struggled with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as what she called a "toxic bondage" of bitterness and anger at the government. Your family members don't want you to grieve them.
They want you to move on. After graduating from high school in Iowa, Sara Weaver moved to the Kalispell area in Her sisters and father followed shortly after. In , a meeting with a childhood friend from Ruby Ridge helped her turn things around. Marshals were part of a standoff against the Weaver family. At the end of the altercation, three people were dead, including Weaver's wife and child. Since that day, many have wonder what happened to Weaver in the following years. He reportedly was known to the FBI because of the time he spent with the Aryan Nations, a white supremacist group.
He and his daughters are now living in the aftermath of the events and both he and his daughter Sara have been open about their struggles. Weaver surrendered after the standoff and was acquitted for the murder of a marshal who died in the altercation. But he spent 16 months in jail for a gun charge, according to a article from The Washington Post. Weaver also said that he got a lot of letters and comments from people who sympathized with him and disliked the government.
Within a few minutes, two human beings were shot dead: Sammy Weaver and a marshal. Harris and the Weaver family retreated to their cabin and the marshals retreated from the mountain and called the FBI for assistance. During the night, FBI snipers took positions around the Weaver cabin. Under the law, police agents can use deadly force to defend themselves and others from imminent attack, but these snipers were instructed to shoot any adult who was armed and outside the cabin, regardless of whether the adult posed a threat or not.
The FBI snipers had not yet announced their presence and had not given the Weavers an opportunity to peacefully surrender. The FBI told the world that it had apprehended a band of dangerous racists. Instead, the jury acquitted Weaver and Harris of all of the serious criminal charges. Embarrassed by the outcome, FBI officials told the world that there would be a thorough review of the case, but the Bureau closed ranks and covered up the mess.
In August the U. With the intervening events at Waco, more and more people began to question the veracity of Department of Justice and FBI accounts and whether the federal government had the capacity to hold its own agents accountable for criminal misconduct.
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