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The 11-day Ruby Ridge standoff ends with Randy Weaver surrendering to federal authorities.

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Ruby Ridge standoff

1992 standoff and shootout in Idaho

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…
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Randy Weaver

American survivalist (1948–2022)

Randall Claude Weaver was an American survivalist and self-proclaimed white separatist. He was a central figure in the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff with federal law enforcement at his cabin near Naples, Idaho, during which his wife, son and family dog were killed. Weaver was charged…
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