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- In a controversial decision, the police opted to "let the fire burn", resulting in the destruction of over 60 homes and the death of five children and six adults. Officials said they feared that MOVE would shoot at the firefighters.
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Oct 17, 2013 · On May 13, 1985, the Philadelphia police, stymied in a standoff that stemmed from a bitter conflict with a radical group called MOVE that had sputtered on and off for more than a decade, dropped an...
Nov 6, 2013 · On May 13, 1985, the Philadelphia police invaded a second MOVE house, capped by a police helicopter dropping a bomb on the MOVE rooftop. When the building turned to flame, Police Commissioner Gregore Sambor gave his famous order to the Philadelphia Fire Commisioner: “Let the fire burn.” Burn it did. Six adult MOVE members perished in the fire.
Sep 5, 2013 · In 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on a house occupied by a black group living communally called MOVE. Sixty-one homes were destroyed in the resulting fire, which gutted a city block.
Let the Fire Burn filmmaker Jason Osder talks to Independent Lens about his new film, which explores the tragic MOVE bombing in Philadelphia in 1985.
A fire soon began to blaze, endangering the several children now trapped inside the house. In a controversial decision, the police opted to "let the fire burn", resulting in the destruction of over 60 homes and the death of five children and six adults.
Oct 2, 2013 · Jason Osder’s electrifying nonfiction film Let the Fire Burn examines the events of May 13, 1985, when the leaders of the city of Philadelphia decided in their wisdom to drop a bomb on the...
Nov 1, 2013 · In Let the Fire Burn, one of the most horrific days in Philadelphia history - May 13, 1985, when the city dropped explosives on a rowhouse occupied by members of MOVE, killing 11 people (five of them children) and destroying 61 homes - is revisited, reexamined, and reflected upon.
