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Federal siegeAtlas
Government & Politics · Law enforcement & justice system
When a group will not come out, the feds burn or shoot the place.
Open the caseRandy Weaver2
- Documented · Randy Weaver and Sara Weaver published a first-person account of the Ruby Ridge events under the title The Federal Siege at Ruby Ridge: In Our Own Words.
- Documented · The Ruby Ridge standoff is widely referred to in books, archives, and media as a federal siege involving Randy Weaver and federal agents in Idaho.
Branch Davidians1
- Documented · The Waco confrontation between federal agents and the Branch Davidians is documented as a 51-day siege.
MacArthur Park1
- Documented · News coverage described troops and federal agents descending on MacArthur Park in Los Angeles in siege terms.
Ruby Ridge1
- Documented · Ruby Ridge remains a recurring subject of exposé-style histories that frame the standoff as a federal siege against a family holdout.
Toddrick Barnette1
- Documented · Minneapolis Community Safety Commissioner Toddrick Barnette publicly discussed local policing difficulties during what was characterized as a federal siege.
Other3
- Documented · A dramatized film account titled In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion depicts a federal siege that turns explosive.
- Documented · Media and official commentary have applied the phrase federal siege to contemporary federal law-enforcement deployments in U.S. cities, including Minneapolis.
- Contested · Critics of federal immigration enforcement have described sanctuary cities as placed under siege by federal power.