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Today in History: August 31, Ruby Ridge standoff ends


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FILE – In this Sept. 1, 1992, file photo, media members and federal agents tour the outside of Randy Weaver’s home near Naples, Idaho.It’s been a quarter century since a standoff in the remote mountains of northern Idaho left a 14-year-old boy, his mother and a federal agent dead and sparked the expansion of radical right-wing groups across the country that continues to this day. (AP photo/Gary Stewart, File)

White separatist Randy Weaver surrendered to authorities in Idaho, ending an 11-day siege by federal agents that had claimed the lives of Weaver’s wife, son and a deputy U.S. marshal.


Originally published at Associated Press

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