Randy Weaver, participant in Ruby Ridge standoff, dies at 74

Weaver was the patriarch of a family involved in an 11-day Idaho standoff with federal agents 30 years ago that helped spark the growth of anti-government extremists.

(Jim Mone via AP) Randy Weaver, the object of the Ruby Ridge siege, visits with the media at the main FBI roadblock outside the Freemen compound in Montana on April 27, 1996.

Randy Weaver, participant in Ruby Ridge standoff, dies at 74

Weaver was the patriarch of a family involved in an 11-day Idaho standoff with federal agents 30 years ago that helped spark the growth of anti-government extremists.

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