It was announced (I think last week) that there would be no prosecution of the sniper who shot Vicki Weaver as she stood in the cabin door holding her baby. It's good to see an editorial like that in a major newspaper.
i happen to be on the road in tennessee, and read this editorial in the knoxville new-sentinel. i don't remember seeing anything about this when it happened...but since freeh and the fbi seem to be disliked these days, here's some more fodder for the fire.
-avi
ps - hopefully this isn't a repeat, but being on the road, i'm mail-delayed at least 24 hours.
The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Dec 16, 1994, pA16
DISTURBING SILENCE -FBI chief taking his time acting on report about Idaho shootout
All eyes are on Louis Freeh, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as he ponders disciplinary action in the infamous shootout at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, in 1992. This being the end of 1994, one starts to wonder what is taking the director so long.
Excessive use of force by the FBI is no trivial matter. Citizens might gather from the Idaho case that the government claims special license to abuse the rights of loners with extremist views.