Ruby Ridge Case Of August 21, 1992

Perhaps the right-wing extremists began and had intensified following some precedent city and domestic bombings such as the Ruby Ridge, Waco, and Oklahoma. The manner in which the federal government security agencies responded these incidents, in which constitutional rights of women and children were violated, might have caused anti-government wars especially by extremists. In the Ruby Ridge case of August 21, 1992, Randy Weaver who was a white separatist was being targeted by the federal government under the allegations that he sold guns to drug traffickers and failed to report to the court as instructed. The US Marshals and the FBI invaded his home in different occasions killing his wife and 14-year-old son. Waco bombing of 1993 began when

The Ruby Ridge assault involved the federal government and one of the right-wing extremist, Weaver. He was alleged to have sold weapons to a drug dealer (Shermer, 2013). The Waco incident involved the BATF agencies who wanted to execute a search and arrest warrant against the Davidians led by extremist David Koresh who were alleged to be having illegal weapons (Michel & Herbeck, 2016). The seizure was not successful as the Davidians responded through the gunfire that led to a 51-day standoff. During the standoff, government extremist McVeigh attempted to make his way into Mount Carmel compound but was stopped in one of the roadblocks. Later the Waco bombing occurred on April 19, 1993 (Wagner-Pacifici, 2000). Exactly two years later on the same date April 19, 1995, the Oklahoma bombing was executed by McVeigh. The date was significant and meant to reveal to the public that the attack was in response to the Waco attack since the extremists were not happy with it and had to revenge (Wright, 2011). Investigators revealed that McVeigh attacked the government building in Oklahoma targeting perceived assassinators of the Waco massacre including Janet Reno who issued permission for tear gas attack (Corman, 2016). Although Ruby Ridge attack did not directly led to Waco attack, both the Ruby Ridge and Waco attacks on the extremists amounted to the Oklahoma attacked showing a clear link among the three incidences (Corman,