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Originally Posted by kutulu
Yes, lets forget the fact that Weaver was protecting Arayan Nation assholes. Or the fact that they were patrolling their property with weapons and promised to shoot anyone who came near them. They were white trash separatists and got what they brought upon themselves.
Was anyone killed in the raid to get Ellian?
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Your statement differs wildly from the official documentation of the incident, and quite frankly, "the white trash who got what they brought upon themselves" seems quite bigoted to me. As was proven in court, Randy Weaver was only attempting to mind his own business.
He was approached by federal agents, who asked him to sell them (I believe two) shotguns.
When he agreed, they requested that he saw off the shotgun barrels to a couple of inches under the legal limit. When he did, they identified themselves as feds and threatened to charge him unless he infiltrated the local Aryan Nation group, which he was
not affiliated with. Weaver told them to go to hell.
He was charged and given a court date, but the notification he received specified an erroneous date (to be honest, he didn't go to court on the date it said, either).
His failure to appear was used as the "justification" to carry out the atrocities at his shack. I will post more details of that attack, if someone doesn't beat me to it.
In court, the feds were demonstrated to have lied repeatedly, as well as to be lawbreakers in regard to their orders to shoot. Weaver received a settlement of $3 million. I wonder if this is what you meant by "white trash who got what he brought upon himself." Many people think he should have received quite a bit more.
This is all off the top of my head. I can research it and quote exact details if necessary.