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To: Altura Ct.

Treat it like the Philly police treated MOVE Headquarters.

Problem solved.


47 posted on 08/15/2019 6:44:18 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: tired&retired

MOVE is a black liberation group founded in 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by John Africa and Donald Glassey, a social worker from the University of Pennsylvania.

The name is not an acronym. The group lived in a communal setting in West Philadelphia, abiding by philosophies of anarcho-primitivism. The group combined revolutionary ideology, similar to that of the Black Panthers, with work for animal rights.

The group is particularly known for two major conflicts with the Philadelphia Police Department. In 1978, a standoff resulted in the death of one police officer, injuries to several other people, and life sentences for nine members who were convicted of killing the officer.

In 1985, another confrontation ended when a police helicopter dropped a bomb on the MOVE compound, a row house in the middle of the 6200 block of Osage Avenue.

The resulting fire killed eleven MOVE members and destroyed 65 houses in the neighborhood.


48 posted on 08/15/2019 6:47:37 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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