The Day Philly Bombed Their Own Citizens

Would you believe me if I told you that a police department dropped a bomb on its own citizens? Would you believe me if I told you this happened in the mid-80s? Would you believe me if I told you that couldn't find any book about this in your library? Episode 5 is out and the subject is the MOVE bombing in Philadelphia in 1985.

SOURCES:

• Let It Burn: MOVE, the Philadelphia Police Department, and the Confrontation that Changed a City
• Let the Fire Burn
• MOVE
• Philadelphia's Chief Says He Wanted Fire to Burn
• Brilliant "Let the Fire Burn" Explores 1985 MOVE Bombing by Cops in Philadelphia
• Vice News: The Day Police Dropped a Bomb On Philadelphia | I Was There
• The 1985 MOVE Massacre: When Cops Bombed Philadelphia (Injustice Documentary) | Real Stories
• The forgotten police bombing of a Move compound in Philadelphia
• Historic marker for ’85 MOVE bomb site

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• Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy
• Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
• American Pain: How a Young Felon and His Ring of Doctors Unleashed America’s Deadliest Drug Epidemic by John Temple