Made for PBS , airing February 14th in the US.
Season 29. Episode 7.
The story : After married couple Randy and Vicki Weaver began having strict religious beliefs , they moved their family to isolated Ruby Ridge in an effort to get away from corrupt civilization.
Not to far away was the Aryan Nations - a white supremacist , anti-Semitic , neo-Nazi religious group.
Randy being curious , attended some the groups meetings but found that it was not for him.
Although in need of some extra money and work , asked some people from the group if there was anything he could do for them.
The Aryan Nations asked Randy to modify some shotguns by sawing them off.
He did and unknowingly sold two of them to an ATF informant posing as an illegal arms dealer and Aryan Nations member.
Sometime after , Randy was approached by the ATF wanting him to cooperate with their infiltration of the Aryan Nations or be arrested for the illegal shotguns he sold which he claimed he didn't do.
Randy was arrested and when released would not return for his court date , believing he was not guilty of the crime they arrested him for and had no chance at proving that.
A warrant was issued for his arrest.
Randy isolated himself and his family at their Ruby Ridge home for six months , being watched all the time by the government.
But when the government got sick of waiting around for Randy to surrender , a war of sorts began.
Directed by Barak Goodman
Not Rated
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