Police helicopter dropping a bomb on Philadelphia row homes; 61 homes destroyed and 11 people murdered (5 kids)

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[–]Byebyeredditaccount 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

wiki entry on MOVE

Never have even heard of this before reading it on saidit

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Holy shit me either and I consider myself well-informed. There's always more to learn.

[–]JasonCarswellPlatinum Foil Fedora 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Worth mentioning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO

[–]Jesus[S] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

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[–]beermeem 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah, the move founder and some of his cohorts who were in prison at this time just recently got released from prison and are in south central now.

BTW the mayor who ordered/okayed this was black.

[–]Jesus[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Race wars. Divide and conquer.

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

What an awful event. Reminds me of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre

[–]JasonCarswellPlatinum Foil Fedora 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I thought it sounded vaguely familiar.

Would have been good to mention it was

May 13, 1985.

[–]Yep1619 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

I remember this: the well-armed militant group took over the building and the neighborhood, firing at police with rifles and such. The police were either chasing a felon, or tried to serve a warrant on one the group was harboring. The mayor took quick action to close a volitile situation with a surgical strike that spread to some sor rounding buildings. Most of the people killed were the criminals initiating the armed standoff. Why were they firing at police with kids in the building? They are the murderers.

[–]Jesus[S] 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

The Bomb is what did the killing and the ensuign fire. THis is no different than Waco and other such events.

[–]HeyImSancho 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I remember this, it's stuck with me always. Seeing people's reaction now, it always blew me away how so many people were simply unaware of it.

[–]binrobinro 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks for singling out the kids as if they're worth more than adults.