The ulti­mate act of police ter­ror in Philadel­phia was the bomb­ing of MOVE on Osage Ave on May 13th, 1985.

Join us at the site of the MOVE bomb­ing as we remem­ber the MOVE vic­tims and protest the bru­tal­ly racist and mil­i­ta­rized Philadel­phia police force while also stand­ing in sol­i­dar­i­ty with George Floyd, Bre­on­na Tay­lor, Ahmaud Arbery and the count­less oth­er Black peo­ple mur­dered by the state in recent years and in cen­turies prior. 

On May 13, 1985, Philadel­phia police dropped a mil­i­tary grade bomb on mem­bers of the MOVE orga­ni­za­tion liv­ing at 6221 Osage Ave. Eleven Black men, women and chil­dren were mur­dered after police ordered fire fight­ers to “let the fire burn” & shot MOVE mem­bers back into the home as they tried to escape. The vio­lent attack came after over a decade of police vio­lence & repres­sion of MOVE activists, includ­ing the MOVE 9 who were polit­i­cal pris­on­ers for 40 years. A Black neigh­bor­hood was destroyed in the process. 

This action will start at the site of this hor­rif­ic act of Philadel­phia police ter­ror­ism at Osage Avenue and Cobbs Creek Parkway.

Co-orga­niz­ers:
The MOVE Organization
BLM Philly
Philly for REAL Justice
Human Rights Coali­tion Philadelphia
Abo­li­tion­ists Law Cen­ter Philadelphia
Mal­colm X Grass­roots Movement
Ubun­tu Philadelphia