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Philadelphia city council apologizes for approving the police bombing of one of its Black neighborhood's killing 11 people, including 5 children

Philadelphia City Council voted to formally apologize for their decision to approve a bombing, which left 11 people dead, including five children, and burned down 61 homes in 1985.

On May 13, police dropped an explosive device on the roof of 6621 Ossage Avenue in West Philadelphia after a daylong confrontation with the Black radical group, MOVE, as officers tried to evict them from their compound,The bomb then sparked a blaze that was left to rage by authorities until there were 11 deaths, including those of five children aged seven to 13, and 61 homes destroyed in the largely black neighborhood, according toMOVE was founded in 1972 by Vincent Leaphart, a West...

The group's ideology and aims were outlined in a document entitled 'The Guidlines.' It combined black revolutionary ideals with environmental and animal rights,They had a mixed relationship with the local community but frequently had run-ins with the police. A police officer was killed in 1978. Nine MOVE members were controversially given life sentences,Gregore J. Sambor, the Police Commissioner who directed the bombing, resigned in November of that year.

 

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