It was government over reach to the extreme. They tried to entrap Randy Weaver so they could arrest him, then changed court dates around so that he would "miss" his court date, then they staked out his little parcel of land to try to trap him.
They shot his boy's dog when the dog discovered them bedded down in the bushes... the boy, not knowing who they were just shot in their direction and tried to run back to the house. They shot him in the back and killed him, calling it "self defense"
Later during the standoff, Randy was outside the house, and his wife yelled at him to come back in. As he ran back in the house, they shot his wife in the head, killing her.... they said they just "missed" Randy. She was holding their infant child at the time.
Double murder, covered up as "good ATF work".....