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RandySF

(60,497 posts) Mon May 13, 2024, 06:09 PM May 13

Police dropped a bomb on a West Philly house on this day in 1985

Police dropped a bomb on a West Philly house in 1985. The fire caused by the explosion killed 11 people, an atrocity that Philadelphia still grapples with today.

https://www.inquirer.com/move-bombing/

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Police dropped a bomb on a West Philly house on this day in 1985 (Original Post) RandySF May 13 OP

I remember that day! jimfields33 May 13 #1

Wtf? Elessar Zappa May 13 #2

Fuck the police. WhiskeyGrinder May 13 #3

I remember it well. LoisB May 13 #4

Ritzo Ratzo WhiteTara May 13 #5

Sixty-one homes destroyed -- a whole 'compound' -- 11 died including 5 kids. Satchel bomb with C4 lostnfound May 13 #6

A robust account from a man who was a child there about the 40 years of injustice afterward lostnfound May 13 #7

jimfields33

(16,379 posts)

1. I remember that day!

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2024, 06:20 PM

May 13

I lived an hour away from Philadelphia. I was a sophomore in high school.

Elessar Zappa

(14,190 posts)

2. Wtf?

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2024, 06:22 PM

May 13

How and why in the hell did they think dropping a bomb on a house would be a good idea? My God..

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,605 posts)

3. Fuck the police.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2024, 06:22 PM

May 13

LoisB

(7,302 posts)

4. I remember it well.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2024, 07:21 PM

May 13

WhiteTara

(29,748 posts)

5. Ritzo Ratzo

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2024, 07:46 PM

May 13

made that decision.

lostnfound

(16,214 posts)

6. Sixty-one homes destroyed -- a whole 'compound' -- 11 died including 5 kids. Satchel bomb with C4

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2024, 08:21 PM

May 13

Zinn education about it:

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/events-african-american-history/move-bombing-1985/

I heard about this story on KPFT pacific radio in Houston, years ago.

lostnfound

(16,214 posts)

7. A robust account from a man who was a child there about the 40 years of injustice afterward

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2024, 08:41 PM

May 13

https://www.salon.com/2020/08/15/philadelphias-deadly-move-bombing-why-we-cant-settle-for-apologies-now/
13 people sent to jail for “100 years” for a single bullet that was fired that killed a cop, when it was admitted that no one had any idea who actually fired the weapon.

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