Standoff at Ruby Ridge
Federal authorities surrounded Randy Weaver’s mountaintop cabin in 1992 near Naples, Idaho, for 11 days following the shooting of a federal marshal.
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A protester is arrested by Bonners Ferry police at the Ruby Ridge roadblock. The protestor had been taunting the police, along with about a dozen others when he got to close.
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Angry neighbors stand with signs on the road leading to Randy Weaver's cabin during the standoff in 1992.
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Federal agents take five neo-Nazi skinheads into custody after they tried to enter the area around Randy Weaver's cabin with a jeep full of weapons of the fifth day of the standoff.
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The is an aerial view of the cabin of Randy Weaver and his family on Ruby Ridge in North Idaho. Photo was taken March, 1992.
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Agents of the ATF arrest serval men and confiscate a large amount of weapons and ammuniton. The men intended to sneak behind the police lines and aid Randy Weaver during the standoff at Ruby Ridge.
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Skin head protestors of the government forces at Ruby Ridge verbally harrass a member of the ATF.
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Members of the Idaho State Patrol stand at attention at one of the many roadblocks near the Ruby Ridge area of North Idaho. The ISP teamed with the FBI and ATF to secure the area and arrest Randy Weaver in 1992.
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Members of ATF stand guard at a roadblock as military vehicles bring in men and supplies during the 1992 standoff at Ruby Ridge in North Idaho. During the standoff with Randy Weaver, Weaver's wife and son were killed as was a U.S. Marshal.
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Members of Atf and Idaho State Police arrest a protestor who had gotten behind the taped off area at one of the many road blocks during the Ruby Ridge standoff.
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Hundreds of federal agents converge on Ruby Ridge during the standoff.
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On day 3 at the Ruby Ridge standoff, anger toward the feds ran high as two neighbors scream at an official vehicle as it passes the roadblock.
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During the build of federal agents, A protester at the Randy Weaver Seige in North Idaho yells "Baby Killer" to a passing military vehicle.
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Johnny Bangarter shouts at officers as anger seeps from the woods while the parade of police, armored personnel carriers and helicopters mass near Randy Weaver's cabin on the third day of the standoff.
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Joann Kay Peterson was a protester at the Ruby Ridge seige in 1992.
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Bill Grider, who lives in the North Idaho area restrains his wife who is yelling at members of the government forces at the Ruby Ridge standoff.
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Kids of local area residents stood behind the police lines during the standoff at Ruby Ridge wearing signs protesting the shooting of Randy Weaver's son and wife. Spokesman-Review photo/Colin Mulvany
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Protestors taunt and gesture to members of the government forces at Ruby Ridge. Area people felt the government over reacted and created the standoff that left 3 people dead.
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Barbara Pierce, Kevin Harris's mother, places a bouquet of flowers at the road block during the Randy Weaver standoff at Ruby Creek. jesse tinsley photo.
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This sign was placed on the Randy Weaver property after the "Ruby Ridge standoff.
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