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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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[+] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world -43 points 1 week ago (29 children)

I am not defending the Philadelphia PDs actions here, which were clearly inappropriate, but I don't think it's accurate to say they "murdered" 11 people. If the PD kills someone while trying to serve an arrest warrant after being shot at, that is pretty clearly a lawful homicide and not murder. The death of the children could certainly be considered manslaughter but I don't think it meets the standard for murder either since there was, arguably, no intention to kill them.

[–] LePoisson@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I am not defending the Philadelphia PDs actions here

That's literally what you're doing. Literally.

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