The siege of Ruby Ridge was one of the major incidents in modern America. The incident took place in August 1992 in which Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents and U.S. marshals engaged in an 11-day standoff with an alleged white supremacist Randy Weaver, his family, and his friend named Kevin Harris in an isolated cabin on Ruby Ridge in Boundary county, Idaho. It all began in October 1989 when an informant of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) purchased two illegal sawed-off shotguns from Weaver. Weaver was asked to spy on a community of neo-Nazis in Hayden Lake. When refused to do so, he was set up for a firearms offence charge. The siege began when Weaver did not show up for the trial and was accused of not showing up in the court. The siege of Ruby Ridge impacted America socially, economically and politically by involvement of civilians, fines charged and government conspiracies. …show more content…
The incidents were shown on television and published in newspapers. Photographs of Weaver’s wife were taken before she died. Reporters reported that there were more than 200 members of federal, state and local law enforcements officers involved in the standoffs. They also reported that there were two standoffs- one at the cabin and other down at the roadblock where the protesters had gathered. As the incident was reported in newspapers and televisions, people from all over the place- locals and outsiders alike traveled to the remote spot to show their support of the Weavers or condemn the