Marshals engaged in an 11 day standoff with self proclaimed white separatist randy weaver his family and friend named kevin harris in an isolated cabin in boundary county idaho.
The siege at ruby ridge streaming.
Three people were killed during the siege.
It was based on the book every knee shall bow by reporter jess walter.
Directed by roger young.
An american tragedy on may.
Given three conflicting dates for his court appearance and suspecting a conspiracy against him.
With laura dern randy quaid kirsten dunst darren e.
As the story goes the government was looking to create informants to help them battle local neo nazi organizations and entrapped randy weaver into selling a sawed off shotgun to an undercover agent in order to coerce him.
A mini series dramatization of the controversial 1992 attack by federal agents on the idaho home of randy weaver a white separatist.
The ten day siege begun over a minor gun charge resulted in the deaths of weaver s son wife and dog and a u s.
Ruby ridge was the site of an 11 day siege in 1992 in boundary county idaho near naples it began on august 21 when deputies of the united states marshals service usms initiated action to apprehend and arrest randy weaver under a bench warrant after his failure to appear on firearms charges.
It originally aired as a two part cbs miniseries entitled ruby ridge.