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TIL About the 1985 MOVE bombing, where the Philadelphia Police Department bombed and burned 61 houses, murdering 11 and leaving 250 homeless (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 50 points 6 days ago (2 children)

They also refused to release the remains of the people killed, denying they retained any. Eventually, the University of Pennsylvania admitted to retaining some of the remains of 12 year old Delisha Africa and returned them to her family, in 2021.

[–] lattrommi@lemmy.ml 24 points 6 days ago (1 children)

also this: "The court decided that the plaintiffs did not have a Fourth Amendment claim against the city because there was no seizure when the defendants dropped explosives on the plaintiffs' buildings, and that city officials and police officers had qualified immunity"

[–] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 20 points 6 days ago

I'm so tired of living in this white supremacist shit hole.

[–] socphoenix@midwest.social 27 points 6 days ago

Every time I learn more about this it somehow gets more horrific.