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“It was recorded, that the 500+ police officers at the scene, fired approximately 10,000 rounds of ammunition in the direction of the house in 90 minutes. This act of terrorism caused the deaths of 11 people (6 adults and 5 children) and destroyed 61 houses in the predominately Black neighborhood of West Philadelphia.”

1985 NYT story

Video done by The Guardian in 2016 (I’m so fucking annoyed that they call it a ‘compound,’ they were fucking row homes. That style of row home, for those who are not local to the area, are literally everywhere. I live in that same basic style of row home, six-plus to a row - they are up and down every damn street in this area. Also - the video includes footage of the bombing.)

NPR coverage of the 30th anniversary of the bombing

Yuppie Dystopia

research on Are.na