The feds baited him into sawing down a couple shotguns illegally. Rather than arresting him for it they tried to blackmail him into being an informant. The only reason they went ahead and arrested him was he not only refused to be a snitch but he got the word out that they were blackmailing people to be snitches.
After his arrest he was released as he wasn't a flight risk. The court date got pushed back a day. His lawyer fucked up and told him it had gotten pushed back a whole month. The judge had the power to grand him leniency under the circumstances but instead went ahead and declared him a fugitive thus getting the US marshals involved.
The marshals spent over a year spying on him. They trespassed onto his property for some more spying and got the dog's attention so they shot the dog without identifying themselves.
Randy's son Sammy sees some stranger in camo shoot his dog so he shoots at the stranger. The strangers shoot back killing Sammy as he ran away.
A family friend named Kevin Harris who was with Sammy shot and killed the unidentified stranger. He ended up getting shot in return. As they ran away Randy's wife held the door open and she got shot in the head.
After over a week someone finally realized they had no real line of communication with Weaver and no real way to try and talk him down. Someone finally just walks up, knocks on the door, and has a conversation.
Harris was dying so they made arrangements for him to go to the hospital. He was charged with killing a federal agent.
Finally Randy surrendered and was taken into custody. At one point the feds were so desperate for a conviction they tried to slap his daughters with criminal charges but that got thrown out.
Harris was acquitted for killing a federal agent because they hadn't identified themselves and it turns out "strangers shooting at you" is a pretty darn good reason to shoot back in self defense.
Randy on the other hand was acquitted of the original sawed off shotgun charges because the court determined that was entrapment. Ironically the only charge they got to stick was that bullshit failure to appear. They really killed two people and ruined his life over that because they wouldn't cut a guy some slack for not getting the right court date from his lawyer.
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