It isn't. And that is NOT REMOTELY what it was.

Post #220,146 by mmoffitt 8/19/05 3:46:42 PM Reply	It isn't. And that is NOT REMOTELY what it was. The August 1992 standoff at the Weavers' remote cabin near Naples began after federal agents tried to arrest Randy Weaver for failing to appear in court to face charges of selling two illegal sawed-off shotguns. [link\|http://www.cnn.com/US/9708/21/ruby.ridge/\|http://www.cnn.com/U...08/21/ruby.ridge/] Randy Weaver was a white separatist nut-case who moved his family to the boondocks to await the end of the world (didn't want his family infected by us sinners). As for the "innocent 13 year old" we have this from a site sympathetic to the Weavers. According to what officers told retired L.A. police captain Frank Isbell at the scene, the siege began on August 21 when a six-man U.S. marshall SWAT team in camouflage fatigues \ufffd and without a warrant \ufffd trespassed on the Weaver property and began a reconnaissance in preparation for an assault on the Weaver home scheduled for sometime in October. When the three Weaver dogs began barking. Weaver, his 13-year-old son Samuel, and family friend Kevin Harris grabbed their rifles and followed the dogs, thinking they had trapped game. Samuel and Harris followed the dogs through the forest while Weaver went around by way of the road to circle the game. Suddenly, a man in fatigues jumped up from some thick brush and shot one of the dogs. Samuel, not knowing who the intruder was and angry over the death of a dog he had personally raised and trained, fired back. . . whereupon someone fired upon him. wounding him in the shoulder. Samuel turned to run back home when he was hit in the back and killed instantly. [link\|http://www.constitution.org/col/san920910.htm\|http://www.constitut...col/san920910.htm] "Weaver, his 13-year-old son Samuel, and family friend Kevin Harris grabbed their rifles and followed the dogs, thinking they had trapped game." Thinking they had trapped game - right. I have no idea as to the veracity of the above post. But keep in mind it is written in such a way as to put the most positive light possible upon the Weavers. If it's true, then the lesson here would be don't shoot at a cop if you want to live. bcnu, Mikem It would seem, therefore, that the three human impulses embodied in religion are fear, conceit, and hatred. The purpose of religion, one might say, is to give an air of respectibility to these passions. -- Bertrand Russell
Post #220,155 by jake123 8/19/05 5:03:48 PM 8/19/05 5:04:01 PM Reply	Yeah, after all, a "man in fatigues" is immediately identifiable as a cop. No warrant either. How about that. --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited by jake123 Aug. 19, 2005, 05:04:01 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #220,167 by Another Scott 8/19/05 6:23:07 PM Reply	DOJ Report on Ruby Ridge. [link\|http://web3.foxinternet.net/djf/ruby001.htm#tab\|Here]. I assume it's authentic. [link\|http://web3.foxinternet.net/djf/Ruby007.htm#R07I03\|IV.C.2. Statement of Facts] excerpts: In late September 1991, Hunt and Ely interviewed Beverly and Ed Torrence, who owned land adjacent to the Weaver property. The Torrences explained that they had encountered the Weavers a few days earlier when they had gone up to view their property. At that time, the Torrences drove near the Weaver house and stopped to ask about some property markers. The Weaver dogs came to their car, followed by Sammy Weaver, who called to the house. The Torrences then saw Randy Weaver and "Dennis" looking down on them from a rock outcropping.[FN205] Each held a rifle or shotgun. Thereafter, the Torrences were invited into the Weaver cabin where Randy and Vicki Weaver explained their religious and political views. Randy Weaver told the Torrences that the Aryans are the true chosen people of Yahweh and that the Jews are impersonators.[FN206] He claimed that a federal informant had introduced him to the Aryan Nations. Weaver also discussed the BATF arrest and that he was expecting federal agents to come to his home, but that he was not going to be arrested by anyone. According to Weaver, he and his family would shoot federal law enforcement officials who came on his property. "If they do take me, I'll take some with me," and that is "[w]hy we have the guns." Beverly Torrence observed that Weaver appeared "vehement in his belief that he would rather fight than go peaceable (sic)."[FN207] [...] The Marshals Service is required by statute to execute arrest warrants. Consequently, once a warrant was issued for Randy Weaver's arrest, the Marshals Service had no choice but to undertake efforts to apprehend Weaver. Faced with Weaver's repeated threats to violently resist arrest, the Marshals Service explored many alternative plans designed to capture Weaver, but to do so without harming Weaver, his family or the arresting officers. We believe that the Marshals Service acted properly and with due caution in pursuing this purpose. Moreover, we found no evidence that the Marshals Service was pressured by outside entities or was improperly motivated in its efforts. We find, however, that the court and the U.S. Attorney's Office did not appreciate the difficulties facing the Marshals Service, and made no effort to assist the Marshals Service in devising a peaceful solution to the problem. [link\|http://web3.foxinternet.net/djf/Ruby008.htm#R08I03\|IV.D.2. Statement of Facts]: Randy Weaver dictated this account of these events to his daughter, Sara, on August 26, 1992: Approximately 11:30 Friday morning....the dogs started barking like they always do when strangers walk up the driveway. Randy, Kevin, and Sam ran out to the rock with their weapons. Randy was carrying a double barrel 12 gauge shotgun. Kevin was carrying a 30-06 bolt action rifle. Sam was carrying a 223 mini 14. [FN353] When they got to the rock, our yellow dog Striker was down at the pumphouse barking up into the woods. Randy, Kevin and Sam went down to investigate. Sam said he heard something, or someone running west, so they followed. Sam and Kevin followed Striker. Randy dropped down on the old logging road headed west. I (Randy Weaver) didn't have any idea what they were chasing, but I was hoping it was a deer. [FN354] Kevin Harris claimed that, from the intensity of the dog's reaction, he thought that there was "a large animal or a person" in the vicinity.[FN355] Vicki Weaver wrote in her journal on August 21, 1992: Randy, Kevin and Sam go down past the pump house to see what's bothering the dog. He apparently made the servant of the New World Order retreat down Farnworth Road. They followed the dog part way down.[FN356] Roderick told Cooper and Degan that a dog and a man with a rifle were running toward them and that they had to move out.[FN357] The OP team heard Roderick say, "Pull back!" and, "the dogs are on us."[FN358] Roderick took the lead as the marshals fled through the woods. The area was thickly forested, and the marshals made a great deal of noise as they ran.[FN359] As they fled down the mountain, the marshals stopped several times to determine whether they were being pursued and saw that they were. Throughout the report there are an awful lot of allegations and reports of statements that Weaver made. And reports of informants. If you believe the report, it doesn't sound as if the federal agents had it in for them. Especially the last bit makes it sound like the allegations that he wouldn't go without taking others with him were his true feelings. I wasn't there, so I don't know what he said, what really happened and why, so don't take my comments as an apology for either side. FWIW. Cheers, Scott.
Post #220,168 by boxley 8/19/05 6:30:04 PM Reply	if that is a statement of fact I now must turn raellian if that was the case, weaver would have been convicted on the arresting charge, as well as murder, he was not. The state government wanted to try the killer of mrs weaver, they would not do that unless they believe egregious harm had been done. The US would not have settled a wrongful death suit in Weavers favor if those were the facts. I would rather go on the testimony under oath of the various proceedings otherwise there was only one shooter in Dallas 1963. thanx, bill "the reason people don't buy conspiracy theories is that they think conspiracy means everyone is on the same program. Thats not how it works. Everybody has a different program. They just all want the same guy dead. Socrates was a gadfly, but I bet he took time out to screw somebodies wife" Gus Vitelli Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 49 years. meep questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]

Welcome to IWETHEY!