An Original Thought
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An Original Thought@lemmy.mlOPtoToday I learned@lemmy.ml•TIL About the 1985 MOVE bombing, where the Philadelphia Police Department bombed and burned 61 houses, murdering 11 and leaving 250 homeless
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“Attention MOVE: This is America. You have to abide by the laws of the United States.” They were given 15 minutes to come out.
Police used more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition. At 2 p.m., Sambor ordered that the compound be bombed.
Ramona Africa said that police fired at those trying to escape.



Most Statesians lose their faith in cops/country in a similar way. There’s a reason US high schools don’t teach recent history. If it’s far enough back like the early 1900’s or 1800’s then you can rationalize it with platitudes like “it was a different time back then” or “we hadn’t evolved as a society yet”. Lot harder to rationalize away when it was only 40 years ago.