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Originally Posted by clouds z
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Weaver#Ruby_Ridge
the government seemed to act nuts in this case and yet weaver shouldnt have vowed to fight so i blame both sides maybe
weavers story is they set him up and later gave him a court date that was the wrong date so he showed up i think and they said wrong day, so he decided to just drop out of society and ignore them
they said he cut a gun shorter by a quarter of inch i think than whats legal
he was a white separatist, not really overtly against blacks etc i dont think-althogh he did attend some ayran nations meetings who are pretty much nuts
the jury ruled in his favor but i dont think they sent them to jail
mexico did the same in 1968 i think and slaughtered 500 students
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Re Ruby Ridge:
Yes, but then Gerry Spence took the case and won Weaver a lot of money.
I met Spence once when I worked at La Posada here in Santa Fe, and he said I could come to Wyoming and stay at his place, but... when I wrote to him he sent me his form letter....
Spence is a powerful attorney who wrote a book about how he said he could get anyone off for murder, even if they'd threatened to commit the murder and then did it in front of witnesses. And, he did exactly that.
I just got goose bumps writing that, given my recent experience with lawyers and courts.