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TIL About the 1985 MOVE bombing, where the Philadelphia Police Department bombed and burned 61 houses, murdering 11 and leaving 250 homeless (en.wikipedia.org)
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[-] anoriginalthought@lemmy.ml 65 points 5 days ago

Notable Lines:

"Attention MOVE: This is America. You have to abide by the laws of the United States." They were given 15 minutes to come out.

Police used more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition. At 2 p.m., Sambor ordered that the compound be bombed.

Ramona Africa said that police fired at those trying to escape.

[-] socphoenix@midwest.social 57 points 5 days ago

They also reportedly blocked fire trucks from getting to the fire and are still tying up litigation claiming that they shouldn’t have to pay for the damage to the rest of the destroyed block from the resulting fire.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 51 points 5 days ago

They also refused to release the remains of the people killed, denying they retained any. Eventually, the University of Pennsylvania admitted to retaining some of the remains of 12 year old Delisha Africa and returned them to her family, in 2021.

[-] lattrommi@lemmy.ml 25 points 4 days ago

also this: "The court decided that the plaintiffs did not have a Fourth Amendment claim against the city because there was no seizure when the defendants dropped explosives on the plaintiffs' buildings, and that city officials and police officers had qualified immunity"

[-] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 21 points 4 days ago

I'm so tired of living in this white supremacist shit hole.

[-] socphoenix@midwest.social 28 points 5 days ago

Every time I learn more about this it somehow gets more horrific.

[-] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

Just as they did in Waco.
Defiance of the US regime has to be made into an example and crushed in the most violent way.

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