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 RECOMMENDED READING: 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