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‘This is America’: cops, Democrats, and the MOVE bombing of 1985

Originally published: Red Flag on May 16, 2022 by Zak Borzovoy (more by Red Flag) | (Posted May 21, 2022)

“Attention, MOVE. This is America. You have to abide by the laws of the United States.” This was the ultimatum given through a Philadelphia police megaphone to a group of Black activists trapped in their home in the early morning of 13 May 1985.