Uploaded on Nov 16, 2011 by Don Chapin
Very few people even remember Ruby Ridge, let alone what occurred and this just might be the greatest tragedy of all. But Ruby Ridge was a watershed. It paved the way for government bureaucrats at ATF and the FBI to violently react to American citizens who failed to pay proper homage. It revealed the arrogance of government’s non-elected officials and their contempt for “non-compliant” Americans. My wife, a former supervisor at the US Department of Justice was riveted to the screen as she watched this DVD. On several occasions, she repeated “this is just the way they are!” For the life of me, I don’t understand why this unfolding drama was given such a low rating. Maybe most people are in denial over what happens when Americans don’t bow to authority or live according to “approved” rules. Whatever the reason, it’s a travesty to this excellent movie and a tragedy for democracy. As someone who has spent some twenty years in uniform as a Field Grade Officer and as an individual who has known many “Feds,” I can tell you that this film captured their incompetence and duplicitous arrogance to perfection. Only “Waco, The Rules of Engagement,” has managed to better clarify the threat we all face. It comes from unaccountable unelected Federal civil servant bureaucrats who feel that they are not just above the law, but but hold the power of life and death over citizens who threaten their sense of self-importance. “The Siege at Ruby Ridge,” is a must see.
This was a good movie but it did not tell the entire truth. I felt it leaned more to the governments side of the story. If you want the facts about this event the video below tells the true story of Ruby Ridge through court transcripts.