Police Assaults Idaho

Five deputy marshals involved in the start of a siege in which a white supremacist's son and wife were killed received the U.S. Marshals Service's highest award for valor in an Oklahoma City ceremony. Larry Cooper, David Hunt, Frank Norris, Arthur Roderick and Joseph Thomas, along with Bill Degan, patrolled the area around Randy Weaver's Ruby Ridge, Idaho, cabin. Degan and Weaver's son, Sam, 14, were killed in a gunfight. An FBI sniper shot and killed Weaver's wife, Vicki.

Five deputy marshals involved in the start of a siege in which a white supremacist's son and wife were killed received the U.S. Marshals Service's highest award for valor in an Oklahoma City ceremony. Larry Cooper, David Hunt, Frank Norris, Arthur Roderick and Joseph Thomas, along with Bill Degan, patrolled the area around Randy Weaver's Ruby Ridge, Idaho, cabin. Degan and Weaver's son, Sam, 14, were killed in a gunfight. An FBI sniper shot and killed Weaver's wife, Vicki.

After an 11-day standoff in the mountains of northern Idaho, survivalist and avowed racist Randy Weaver surrendered to 200 federal agents Monday, ending a strange siege that became a rallying point for some of the most extreme political and religious movements in the country. Weaver had been holed up in his cabin near Naples, Ida., after a confrontation with federal agents Aug. 21 that resulted in the death of U.S. Marshal William F. Degan and Weaver's 13-year-old son, Samuel.

After an 11-day standoff in the mountains of northern Idaho, survivalist and avowed racist Randy Weaver surrendered to 200 federal agents Monday, ending a strange siege that became a rallying point for some of the most extreme political and religious movements in the country. Weaver had been holed up in his cabin near Naples, Ida., after a confrontation with federal agents Aug. 21 that resulted in the death of U.S. Marshal William F. Degan and Weaver's 13-year-old son, Samuel.