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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 ...
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]
Woodrow Wilson Goode Sr. (born August 19, 1938) is a former Mayor of Philadelphia and the first African American to hold that office. He served from 1984 to 1992, a period which included the controversial MOVE police action and house bombing in 1985. Goode was also a community activist, chair of the state Public Utility Commission, and managing ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Joe Mabin, Kansas City Police Department interim police chief, listens to a speaker during a monthly mixer put on by Councilman Brandon Ellington July 1 at Soiree Steak & Oyster House in the 18th ...
Let the Fire Burn is a 2013 documentary film about the events leading up to and surrounding a 1985 stand-off between the black liberation group MOVE and the Philadelphia Police Department. The film is directed and produced by Jason Osder and was released by Zeitgeist Films in October 2013. [1]