[DoodleBob]

My friends and I drove to permiter of the inferno that night 39 years ago…people of all races and walks of life, stood there stunned.

MOVE was no saintly organization and their behavior was not beyond reproach.

But when a municipality drops a bomb on a residential home, then the police open fire on the people inside and burn down a city block, it is akin to Waco and Ruby Ridge. And just like those instance of murder by Leveithan, everyone got off Scott free.

At least Wilson Goode, to his credit, has asked for forgiveness. He’s a minister and never achieved fame and fortune.

Meanwhile, former DA and DNC slimeball Fast Eddie Rendell (as the late Evil Irv Homer called him) has never looked back, did very well for himself, helped trash the nation, and has NEVER apologized.

Anyone who smiles on the MOVE bombing is a friend of Janet Reno and
Lon Tomohisa Horiuch

[DoodleBob]

Ping

[Paladin2]

One lesson learned: Don’t live in a ‘hood of row houses.

[DesertRhino]

“But when a municipality drops a bomb on a residential home, then the police open fire on the people inside and burn down a city block, it is akin to Waco and Ruby Ridge. And just like those instance of murder by Leveithan, everyone got off Scott free.”

Bullshit. They did all they could to protect the innocent. And the police did not open fire, the revolutionaries in the row house did. And not just with a 38 snub. With full auto and from an armored pillbox. They kept up sustained fire for almost 2 hours when the police tried to silence the pillbox.

It was NOT a police attack, police did not just attack and open fire, and they did not just “bomb a residential home”.
And when the fire started they tried to get it put out and the idiots opened fire again... shooting at firemen.

MOVE was a hell of a LOT more than “not saintly” and “not beyond reproach”.

Tell us wise one. You’re the cop. How do you arrest them? Tell us exactly how.

[cowboyusa]

If Rizzo had done it, the whole city would have burned down.

[Nextrush]

I was around Philly enough in those days and have enough knowledge of what you speak about to agree with you in respect to this.

[Dr. Sivana]

Anyone who smiles on the MOVE bombing is a friend of Janet Reno and Lon Tomohisa Horiuchi

At the time, it sounded like a bunch of folks storing gasoline, etc. on the premises. They seemed more like Weather Underground than Randy Weaver or David Koresh.

I haven't studied the matter since it happened in my Freshman year in college. My initial reaction was astonishment. Dropping a bomb in the most urban of neighborhoods was a quite the MOVE.

By coincidence, I actually met Mr. Horiuchi years before Ruby Ridge. No issues then. The FBI messes people up, I guess.

[rebooted]

The fire department was positioned with hoses on ladder trucks to extinguish any fire and had already successfully tested their setup. The police commissioner told the fire commissioner to stand down from putting the fire out at the onset of flames. Mayor Goode saw it all live on TV and did nothing. A Wharton MBA disgrace for lack of leadership and backbone. He bears ultimate responsibility for not overriding the police commissioner. As well as the fire commissioner for not doing his duty to prevent the conflagration he knew would result.

The police had a 60 caliber machine gun setup in the commandeered house directly across from the MOVE house (which was fortified by large logs).

[kvanbrunt2]

And you also know that the philadelphia police department did not have a helicopter at that time. Also, it is unlikely that the philadelphia police department kept a stash of c4 on hand for just such an occasion.