1985: WHYY broadcasts five weeks of MOVE hearings

On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police attacked a heavily fortified townhouse on the 6200 block of Osage Ave., firing 100,000 rounds of ammunition and tear gas at the home in an attempt to force out members of the small radical group MOVE. When the police couldn't break down the bunker, they took a drastic step that has gone down as one of the most controversial moments in the city's modern history: the police unit bombed the
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