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Philly leaders should step up and apologize for MOVE bombing, 35 years later | Solomon Jones

Philadelphia also owes an apology to its citizens for allowing years of bitterness and anger to boil over into an action that put the lives of Philadelphians in the crosshairs of a law enforcement system hellbent on revenge.

Smoke pours out over Osage Avenue after police dropped a bomb from a helicopter onto the roof of the MOVE house in West Philadelphia — and firefighters were ordered to let the fire burn. Six adults and five children died in the confrontation that day, May 13, 1985, and 61 surrounding homes were destroyed.
Smoke pours out over Osage Avenue after police dropped a bomb from a helicopter onto the roof of the MOVE house in West Philadelphia — and firefighters were ordered to let the fire burn. Six adults and five children died in the confrontation that day, May 13, 1985, and 61 surrounding homes were destroyed.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer
    by Solomon Jones | Columnist
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