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The 1985 MOVE bombing, locally known by its date, May 13, 1985, [2] was the bombing and destruction of residential homes in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by the Philadelphia Police Department during an armed standoff with MOVE, a black liberation organization. As Philadelphia police attempted to ...
On the 25th anniversary of the 1985 bombing, The Philadelphia Inquirer published a detailed multimedia website containing retrospective articles, archived articles, videos, interviews, photos, and a timeline of the events. [68] [69] John Edgar Wideman's 1990 novel Philadelphia Fire is based on the MOVE bombing. [70]
Philadelphia activist Mumia Abu-Jamal has followed the teachings of John Africa, [11] and was a supporter of the MOVE organization. [12] During Abu-Jamal's 1982 murder trial for the death of a police officer, Abu-Jamal made repeated requests to be represented by Africa.
A man sentenced to death in a deadly Philadelphia apartment fire that he long denied setting has been freed after spending nearly 30 years in prison. Daniel Gwynn, 54, was released Thursday from ...
According to a press release from the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, members of the local fire and police departments responded to a fire at a rowhome in the city's Mayfair neighborhood ...
According to New Philadelphia Police Capt. Detective Ty Norris, police were called to a residence in the 600 block of Fair Avenue NW at 4:15 p.m. Aug. 20 on a report that an assault.
MOVE Bombing: numerous Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 11 people were killed and over 200 were made homeless when police bombed a residential neighborhood. April 3, 1986 Erdman Bascomb: 41 Seattle, Washington: During a drug raid on a Genesee apartment police burst in and shot Bascomb in the chest. Bascomb was holding a black TV remote, which the ...
Gregore J. Sambor (February 22, 1928 - September 15, 2015) was an American Police Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department from 1984 to 1985. He had a major role in the 1985 bombing of MOVE, in which six adults and five children died after he told firefighters to stand down and "let the fire burn". [1]