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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.
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]
On May 13, 1981- exactly four years before the MOVE rowhouse bombing, nine MOVE members, including Africa, were arrested in Rochester. A report in the Democrat and Chronicle on May 14, 1981, says ...
A fire soon began to blaze, endangering the several children now trapped inside the house. In a controversial decision, the police opted to "let the fire burn", resulting in the destruction of over 60 homes and the death of five children and six adults. Officials said they feared that MOVE would shoot at the firefighters. [2] [3] [4] [5]
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.
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 ...
Woodrow Wilson Goode Sr. (born August 19, 1938) is a former Mayor of Philadelphia and the first African American to hold that office. He served from 1984 to 1992, a period which included the controversial MOVE police action and house bombing in 1985.
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 ...