So we soon forget. Remember MOVE?
“MOVE is a Philadelphia-based black liberation group founded by John Africa (born Vincent Leaphart) in 1972. The group lives communally and frequently engages in public demonstrations against racism, police brutality, and other issues.”
“The group is particularly known for two major conflicts with the Philadelphia Police Department. In 1978, a standoff resulted in the death of one police officer, injuries to several other people and life sentences for nine members. In 1985, another standoff ended when a police helicopter dropped two incendiary devices on their compound causing a fire, which was a row house in the middle of Osage Avenue. This killed eleven MOVE members, including five children. Fire destroyed 65 houses and prompted widespread news coverage.”
Let The Fire Burn is a good documentary about it.
I would argue that the protesters need to go further. Burn the fucking thing down. But start in the suburbs, destroy the tax-base first so the cities can’t afford cops anymore. Then the free market will take over and people will move to places where this shit doesn’t happen. And then cops will know that if they shoot the negros for sport we will have our houses destroyed again and moving is a total pain.
But about MOVE. The cops did way worse than any of the mini protests where a Taco Bell window gets broken. They Dresdened a few blocks and it was cool.