There's that guy's name again........
"On August 22,
Lon Horiuchi, an FBI sniper hiding about
200 yards (183 metres) from the cabin at Ruby Ridge, opened fire
An inquiry by the
Justice Department criticized the FBI for failing to gather sufficient intelligence and for not ordering the residents of the cabin to surrender before engaging them in a firefight. It also concluded that
Horiuchi’s second shot was unconstitutional because Harris and Weaver were running for cover and could not be considered
imminent threats. The inquiry further
alleged that
Horiuchi unnecessarily endangered others by firing at the door of the cabin. Nevertheless, the U.S.
attorney general decided that criminal charges against Horiuchi were unwarranted.
Prosecutors in Boundary county, Idaho, however, charged Horiuchi with involuntary manslaughter. The case was removed to a federal district court, which dismissed charges against Horiuchi, on the grounds that he was immune from prosecution because he was acting in his official capacity. An appeals court affirmed the district court’s ruling, but a second “en banc” (fuller complement of judges)
panel reversed that decision and required that Horiuchi stand trial. Before a third, larger en banc panel could be
convened to consider that decision,
the state of Idaho announced that it was dropping charges, and all three earlier rulings were vacated."
Ruby Ridge, location of an incident in August 1992 in which FBI agents and U.S. marshals engaged in an 11-day standoff with self-proclaimed white separatist Randy Weaver, his family, and friend named Kevin Harris in an isolated cabin in Boundary county, Idaho. Three people were killed during the...
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