[Buckeye McFrog]

The Philly Police used a bomb on suspects in 1985 and burned down an entire city block.

Apparently bombs ARE in the police arsenal, and have been for a long time.

[cymbeline]

“The Philly Police used a bomb on suspects in 1985 and burned down an entire city block.”

I remember that. Oops!

[Rinnwald]

The Philly Police used a bomb on suspects in 1985 and burned down an entire city block.

I would say this is an argument against police bombings. Also, that case put the kibosh on explosives as a viable tactic for about 30 years.

[Red Badger]

[sailor76]

The Philly Police used a bomb on suspects in 1985 and burned down an entire city block.

Yes, I remember and Mayor Rizzo killed 11 people (5 children) in the fire that burned down 65 houses.

If you think this is good police work I feel sorry for you.

[FredZarguna]

"The Second MOVE incident." Remember it well, was living just off City Avenue at the time. Wilson Goode, the black mayor was responsible. He was trying to kill this guy:

and wound up destroying both the MOVE tenement and 65 other buildings.

[blam]

"http://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/14/us/police-drop-bomb-on-radicals-home-in-philadelphia.html"

I remember that.

POLICE DROP BOMB ON RADICALS' HOME IN PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA, May 13— A state police helicopter this evening dropped a bomb on a house occupied by an armed group after a 24-hour siege involving gun battles.

A 90-minute shootout this morning came after a week of growing tension between the city and the group, known as Move. Residents in the western Philadelphia neighborhood had complained about the group for years. The only known survivors from within the house were a woman and a child.

[zeestephen]

Re: “The Philly Police used a bomb on suspects in 1985 and burned down an entire city block.”

That’s just half the story.

Before the bomb, they spent like a whole day soaking the roof, and breaking windows, with fire hoses, trying to make life miserable for the criminals inside, and expecting the roof, floors, and walls to slowly collapse.

[7MMmag]

>>>> The Philly Police used a bomb on suspects in 1985 and burned down an entire city block. <<<<

MOVE along, nothing to see there...

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For the lurkers who may have missed what you said, or not know what you were talking about if they didn't, from our [ahem, cough] friends at npr;

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/05/13/406243272/im-from-philly-30-years-later-im-still-trying-to-make-sense-of-the-move-bombing

[Donnafrflorida]

I had just moved from philly. Mayor goode?