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CBC podcasts hosted a series about the MOVE movement and May 13, 1985 bombing:
The Africas VS. America.

https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/program/the-africas-vs.-america

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In 1985, at the height of the Black Power era, police dropped a bomb in a Philadelphia neighborhood. Their target? A family of Black radicals known as ‘MOVE,’ who found themselves ensnared in a city’s — and nation’s — domestic war on Black Liberation.

Over seven episodes, host Matthew Amha investigates the events that culminated in the MOVE bombing, and the long afterlife of a forgotten American tragedy.

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BACKGROUND:

Police dropped two explosive devices from a police helicopter onto the roof of a house occupied by MOVE. The Philadelphia Fire Department allowed the resulting fire to burn out of control, destroying 61 previously evacuated neighboring homes over two city blocks and leaving 250 people homeless.

Six adults and five children were killed in the attack, with one adult and one child surviving.¹

Over 10,000 rounds were fired into the house, most stolen from a gun range.

More than 500 🐖🐖 were involved.²

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¹ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MOVE_bombing
² https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/10/move-1985-bombing-reconciliation-philadelphia

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