THE RUBY RIDGE CATASTROPHE “Federal agents in body armor and black ninja uniforms, armored cars crashing up hillsides, even the fabled helicopters of militia nightmares --Ruby Ridge had all the elements of a paranoid fantasy, with the difference that it was stamped in real flesh and blood. In the 11- day standoff, Weaver’s wife was shot dead as she held their 10-month-old daughter in her arms. A day earlier his 14-year-old son and a …showed first 75 words of 1962 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1962 total…he warned or notified he was going to be arrested? Did his loved ones need or half to die in order for him to be arrested? I am bothered by these questions and many more when I read information about the Ruby Ridge incident. Many things “could” and “should” have been done differently. The FBI was clearly in the wrong, as it was stated in the Justice Report. I believe Ruby Ridge was a catastrophe.