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The 1985 MOVE bombing, locally known by its date, May 13, 1985, [2] was the aerial bombing and destruction of residential homes in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by the Philadelphia Police Department during an armed standoff with MOVE, a black liberation organization.
The responding police officers did not attempt to disarm the device, instead focusing on clearing the immediate area of pedestrians and ensuring Wells could not detonate the device. [35] The bomb squad was first called at 3:04 p.m., at least 30 minutes after the first 9-1-1 call from the bank and about 10 minutes after Wells was arrested.
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Bomb threats were used to incite fear and violence during the American Civil Rights Movement, during which leader of the movement Martin Luther King Jr. received multiple bomb threats during public addresses, [3] [4] [5] and schools forced to integrate faced strong opposition, resulting in 43 bomb threats against Central High School in Arkansas being broadcast on TV and the radio.
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In Washington, D.C., Temple Sinai received a threat and said Metropolitan police followed protocol by evacuating the synagogue and conducting a search before programs were allowed to continue.
65 October 7, 1969 Bombing 0 0 New York City, New York: Fifth floor of the Armed Forces Induction Center in New York City is devastated by explosion attributed to radical leftist Jane Alpert. Jane Alpert: 66 November 12, 1969 Bombing 0 0 New York City, New York: A bomb is detonated in the Manhattan Criminal Court building in New York City.
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