08-28-2013, 01:09 AM
Quote:The accusations that Mr. Monroe would have taken a shot at Vicki Weaver are false. His Congressional testimony affirms that had he a better vantage point, he was prepared to shoot at Kevin Harris, the armed combatant posing an immediate threat to him, his team, and everyone at the scene.
He never said he would shoot Vicki Weaver, he said during Congressional testimony that he would have taken the same shot that Lon did if he had the same vantage point. Neither of them should have been on the ridge in the first place. They should have refused the unconstitutional ROE, and called their lawyers.
The fact is, they were told that these "crazies" had just gunned down a US Marshal in cold blood. My assessment of the whole massacre was that you had LEO's who finally were getting their chance to play commando, and what better opportunity than with a former Army SF Weapons Sergeant, who they have been told is manufacturing meth, making machineguns, and is a white supremacist, who by the way, has just murdered a US Marshal.
Putting myself into their shoes, and having done similar missions in a military capacity on a regular basis, we always wanted to know the quality of our intel. We had to follow very strict ROE, even to the point that it jeopardized our lives on multiple occasions.
Ruby Ridge is an incident that illustrates how the perverse actions of one agency can easily escalate into a massive abortion of epic proportions. Remember that this all started because the ATF wanted another CI to infil the Aryan Nation, and they felt that entrapment was a great way to get Weaver after he refused. This man was innocent, and just wanted to stay to himself with his family in their cabin (labeled a "compound" by the FBI).
If a Special Forces Weapons Sergeant and a few loyal friends/family wanted to really cause problems for the Feds, they would have never made it up the hill in the first place, and their air assets would have been wreckage at the bottom of the hill. This was just a family that wanted to be left alone.
If Dale Monroe's efforts can help LE agencies recognize the importance of seeking due diligence in establishing just cause for executing high-risk incident responses, by vetting the BS warrants of judges and US Attorneys who back the ATF, then he will be a miracle-worker.