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On the anniversary of MOVE bombing, fresh pain and calls for accountability on Osage Avenue

The march marked the day police dropped a bomb on a West Philly house in 1985, killing 11 people, and came on the day Philadelphia’s health commissioner resigned over mishandling remains.

MOVE member Pam Africa leads a group along the 6200 block of Osage Avenue in West Philadelphia on Thursday, the 36th anniversary of the MOVE bombing and the city of Philadelphia's first official day of remembrance for MOVE.
MOVE member Pam Africa leads a group along the 6200 block of Osage Avenue in West Philadelphia on Thursday, the 36th anniversary of the MOVE bombing and the city of Philadelphia's first official day of remembrance for MOVE.Read moreYONG KIM / Staff Photographer
    by Oona Goodin-Smith
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