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Introducing... Standoff: What Happened at Ruby Ridge?

Oct 23, 20183 min
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In 1992, hundreds of armed federal agents surrounded a family of white separatists in a ramshackle mountaintop cabin. Eleven days later, three people were dead—and the story of Ruby Ridge was just beginning. Journalist Ruth Graham explores a tragedy that’s become a foundational myth for the modern right, and finds some frightening lessons about power and paranoia.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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