This Day in History: Philadelphia police drop bomb on MOVE headquarters, killing 11

PHILADELPHIA (WHSV) – Just over 40 years ago on May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a makeshift bomb on the headquarters of the Black liberation group MOVE.

Then-Mayor W. Wilson Goode gave the OK for police to drop plastic explosives on the roof. Eleven members of the organization were killed, according to History.com…

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