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TIL About the 1985 MOVE bombing, where the Philadelphia Police Department bombed and burned 61 houses, murdering 11 and leaving 250 homeless (en.wikipedia.org)
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[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 32 points 6 months ago

They used more than 10000 rounds and ultimately dropped bombs on the neighborhood. That's excessive force and therefore no longer a lawful homicide.

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