The Siege at Ruby Ridge(1996)

The Siege at Ruby Ridge is a miniseries dramatizing the 1992 federal standoff at Randy Weaver's Idaho compound. What began as a minor firearms charge escalated into a ten-day siege that left three members of Weaver's family dead, along with a U.S. Marshal. The incident became a flashpoint for public anger over federal overreach, sparking widespread criticism of the FBI and U.S. Marshals Service. The series examines the events that transformed a routine law enforcement operation into a tragedy that would fuel decades of debate about government authority and civil liberties.