[ggekko60506]

"He had no business getting his family involved in such a thing...."

Undoubtedly so and Randy Weaver was no rocket scientist. Having said this, however, Randy Weaver's low IQ in no way justifies the Government's attempt to intimidate and entrap him in the first place and having failed at this, having the orchestrate a coordinated, military-style assault worthy of Pablo Escobar.

What the Ruby Ridge incident shows is a Federal Law Enforcement action in which extraordinary means were used to capture a minor violator and the means used to effect the capture were highly militarized in violation of the Posse Comitatus Statute.

Both the Ruby Ridge and Waco tragedies were motivated by nakedly political goals within the FBI and ATF. Vilifying the victims in such cases begs the question about the due proportionality of the enforcement actions and the creeping
militarization of Federal Law Enforcement.

[bkepley]

Randy Weaver's low IQ in no way justifies the Government's attempt to intimidate and entrap him in the first place and having failed at this, having the orchestrate a coordinated, military-style assault worthy of Pablo Escobar.

I agree and I think the vast majority of people agree.