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The 1985 MOVE bombing, locally known by its date, May 13, 1985, [2] was the 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. As Philadelphia police attempted to ...
What happened on May 13, 1985? On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a bomb made of C-4 explosive materials on the MOVE rowhouse, aiming to neutralize an alleged bunker on the roof of the ...
In 1985 Philadelphia was given the sobriquet "The City that Bombed Itself". [46] [47] In 2005 federal judge Clarence Charles Newcomer presided over a civil trial brought by residents seeking damages for having been displaced by the widespread destruction following the 1985 police bombing of MOVE. A jury awarded them a $12.83 million verdict ...
Remains belonging to the victims of a 1985 bombing at the Philadelphia headquarters of a prominent Black organization were not cremated, as city officials previously believed.
After MOVE, John Africa moved to a new location on Osage Avenue in West Philadelphia, law enforcement officials obtained permission from the Mayor's office to evict members of MOVE due to neighborhood complaints of obscenity and arrest warrants. On May 13, 1985, they attempted to evict MOVE and execute arrest warrants.
A day after Philadelphia’s health commissioner was forced to resign over the cremation of partial remains belonging to victims of a 1985... View Article The post Philadelphia now says MOVE ...
Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley resigned from his position this week after revealing that he cremated the remains of victims of the 1985 MOVE Bombing without their families ...
Gregore J. Sambor (February 22, 1928 - September 15, 2015) was an American Police Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department from 1984 to 1985. He had a major role in the 1985 bombing of MOVE, in which six adults and five children died after he told firefighters to stand down and "let the fire burn". [1]