It’s hard to believe, but on the 30th anniversary of the botched standoff at Ruby Ridge, trust in the integrity of the FBI has sunk to greater depths. That deadly 11-day siege when hundreds of law enforcement agents descended on a man who distrusted authorities and moved his family to live off the grid, was a shameful chapter in the history of law enforcement..But the book isn’t finished yet..This week, the FBI conducted more raids on dozens of former president Donald Trump’s former campaign and White House staffers across the US. This re-enforces the belief by 53% of Americans polled by Rasmussen Reports that the FBI is President Joe Biden’s “personal Gestapo,” and bureau brass is snuggled in bed with politicians. “There were 35 senior members of MAGA, Republican supporters of Donald Trump that the FBI rolled in on,” said Steve Bannon, former chief strategic for Trump..The “jackbooted Gestapo” FBI that conducted searches and delivered subpoenas is being used to intimidate, muscle, and “shut down” opponents to the Biden regime, Bannon told conservative talk show host Charlie Kirk Friday..This is just the latest show of FBI force that has targeted Trump and the right. At the same time, the FBI has given stunning passes — despite hard evidence — to Democrats like former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and the crack-smoking president’s son Hunter Biden, who has made a fortune selling out the US to foreign governments..Meanwhile, Canadians won’t soon shed their disgust over the abomination of battalions of heavily armed police in riot gear sent to Parliament Hill to quash peacefully protesting Canadian truckers and supporters earlier this year. All the great community policing and hard work of police officers faithfully slugging it out day after day in the trenches across Canada won’t erase that bitter stain on justice..At Ruby Ridge, government overreach and sinister FBI and other law enforcement agency tactics got people killed. Of course, no one died during the Freedom Convoy 2022 protest organized to demand a return of basic rights the Liberal government wantonly seized. But, the Emergencies Act was arbitrarily invoked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government. Now, it is caught in a web of lies trying to justify what they did..The Liberals repeatedly told Canadians police advised them it was necessary. They didn’t. But none had the courage to challenge the lies, until after the rights of Canadians were trampled on. Canadians had their bank accounts frozen, were arrested, manhandled, pepper sprayed, and an elderly indigenous woman got stomped on by a horse police pushed into the crowd. How many times did Liberal-appointed judges toss Tamara Lich in jail?.There was no shield between zealous politicians and citizens, a shield that the law is supposed to provide. When law and justice officials team up with, or blindly oblige, a government that flouts rights and freedoms it doesn’t bode well for citizens. What ensues, at best, is the perception of an assault on justice..At worst, it is an actual assault with ugly and unjust consequences like at Ruby Ridge. Ruby Ridge, Idaho was the site of a standoff that began August 21, 1992. Former Green Beret Randy Weaver, who deeply distrusted government, moved his wife and five children to an isolated cabin on a mountain where they lived with a friend Kevin Harris. Fearing the end of the world was nearing, they stocked up on an arsenal of weapons to protect themselves..Weaver caught the attention of the FBI and Secret Service when it was alleged he threatened former president Ronald Reagan. He was never charged. Investigators then claimed Weaver had Aryan Nation ties, an allegation he denied. In 1989, Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) undercover agents alleged Weaver sold them sawn-off shotguns and attempted to coerce him into becoming an informant on the Aryan Nation. He refused..He was indicted for making and keeping illegal weapons. When released on bail, Weaver was given the wrong date for his court appearance — which he of course missed. A warrant was issued for his arrest. He ignored all communications by mail to turn himself in..The US Marshal Service, responsible for bringing him in, decided he wouldn’t be peacefully arrested and set up surveillance on his property. The standoff began when Weaver’s dogs alerted him to their presence. Weaver, his 14- year-old son Sammy, and Harris gave chase. Sammy, US Marshal William Degan, and a dog were killed in a firefight..The FBI was called in. Hundreds of officers swarmed the mountain. The next day Weaver, his daughter Sarah, 16, and Harris headed to a shed where they’d taken Sammy’s body. FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi, who claimed he believed the men were about to fire on a helicopter, pulled the trigger and wounded Weaver. The trio headed back to the house where Vicki stood behind a door holding her baby. Horiuchi, with his sights on Harris, fired and hit Vicki in the face, killing her. Harris was seriously wounded..Finally, on August 31, special forces soldier Bo Gritz convinced Weaver to surrender. Weaver was charged with several crimes including murder and conspiracy. He was cleared of all charges except failing to appear on the weapons charge..Sniper Horiuchi was charged with manslaughter for Vicki’s death but never convicted..FBI agent Michael Kahoe was sentenced to 18 months in prison for destroying a report that condemned the FBI’s actions during the standoff. A Department of Justice task force condemned the actions of federal agents..Weaver was awarded $3.1 million. Harris was awarded $380,000..Fast-forward to the coordinated efforts by the Biden Administration, department of justice (DOJ) and the FBI to do whatever it takes to get Trump and hold onto power. The FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida — sanctioned by the DOJ and Biden — was an unprecedented travesty against a former president. Details of this week’s raids are still sketchy: It is unclear whether the FBI converged with battering rams and helicopters to haul former Trump officials out of their homes in their underwear at dawn..But Canada has its own problems with the law getting too cozy with the government. The RCMP has long been plagued with internal and external politics. Commissioner Brenda Lucki’s tenure has been rife with missteps, inaction and alleged outright interference in investigations that always work in favour of the Trudeau government..Lucki told members of the House of Commons public safety and national security Mass Casualty Commission that she didn’t follow government orders and interfere in a 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia. Handwritten notes taken by RCMP Superintendent Darren Campbell following an April 28, 2020 conference call with Lucki suggest otherwise..Campbell claimed Lucki said she promised then-Public Safety minister Bill Blair that the RCMP would release information about weapons used in the massacre of 22 people. “This was tied to pending gun control legislation.”.Of course, Mr. Trudeau, on an insatiable quest to disarm law-abiding Canadians, denied any government interference..No RCMP investigation into the SNC Lavalin or WE Charity scandals..No cooperation with a Commons ethics committee that demanded records be released on whether the RCMP used spyware to monitor MPs’ smartphones..No known RCMP objection to Trudeau ordering battalions of armed police to descend on peaceful protesters..Blindly obliging government orders is a slippery slope. So, if the FBI and RCMP don’t dutifully, according to the law, act as a shield between overreaching governments and the citizens they target — then pray tell, who will?
