The 1985 MOVE bombing, locally known by its date, May 13, 1985, [2] was the aerial 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.

2022年11月26日 · This deadly event, known as the MOVE bombing, remains one of the most violent yet often overlooked actions taken against civilians by American police. This is the story of a standoff turned deadly, following years of escalating tensions between the Philadelphia Police and a Black activist group.

2019年8月8日 · Rowhouses burn after local officials dropped a bomb on the MOVE house, home of a black liberation group, in Philadelphia on May 13, 1985. As the smoke rose from 6221 Osage Avenue, Philadelphia...

2021年10月2日 · On Monday, May 13, 1985, a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter dropped two bombs on a Philadelphia house where members of the MOVE Black liberation organization lived. The resulting fire grew out of control, resulting in the deaths of 11 people, including five children, and the destruction of 65 area homes.

2010年3月26日 · At the end of the day, 61 houses blazed, and 11 people — five of them children — died, the nightmarish images forever burned into Philadelphia’s consciousness. Here, the people who lived through it...

2020年6月5日 · SWAT teams tried to blast holes in the walls of adjoining houses to gain entry. MOVE members hid in the basement of the home, holding children in the air to avoid drowning in rising waters. The all-day standoff led to the city dropping a C-4 bomb on the rooftop of the home. The bunker did not fall, but the roof of the home was engulfed in flames.

Philadelphia Police Department dropped a bomb onto the row house containing MOVE, a cult-like organization, on Osage Avenue in West Philadelphia. The resulting fire killed eleven people, including five children, and burned down sixty-one houses. By examining newspaper articles on MOVE, the bombing by the Philadelphia Police, and

2009年11月13日 · On May 13, 1985 Philadelphia police begin evacuating people from their Osage Avenue homes in order to prepare for an operation against MOVE, a Black separatist group that had assembled a...

The MOVE Bombing or what is called “May 13, 1985” in West Philadelphia, was a pivotal moment in the mayoral reign of Wilson Goode and was the first time a U.S. city bombed itself.

On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a military-grade bomb on the home of the MOVE Organization at 6221 Osage Ave. Authorities let the fire burn, leaving 11 people, including five children, dead. The 1985 bombing also destroyed 61 homes across two blocks of a predominantly Black neighborhood.