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  1. The Bombing of Osage Avenue WHYY PBS

     

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    On May 13, 1985, the police, after a day-long confrontation with the black radical and naturalist group MOVE, in an attempt to evict their compound on 6221 Osage Ave., dropped an explosive device on the roof of the building. The roof caught fire. Committed to achieving “tactical superiority” to his mission, then-Police Commissioner Gregore J. Sambor told the fire commissioner to let the fire burn. Eleven people, including five children, died, 61 houses burned, and at least 250 people were left homeless.

    The vast majority of victims — MOVE and neighbors — were black.

    https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/philadelphia-police-bombing-move-compound-africa-osage-ave-racism-20200512.html

     

    @Zeffolia brought me here.

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