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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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[-] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Weird. I know we went up to the then current Desert Storm stuff. Well. Almost current. And watched American History X in class.

Scarring as it should be.

Then I remember that was twenty years ago and get very sad.

[-] anoriginalthought@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

It sounds like your high school was better than most. That's hope-inducing.

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