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# The Bombing of West Philly
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/frontline/episode/the-bombing-of-west-philly-mnmtf7/
- Published: 2026-05-08T17:45:22.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-08T19:30:27.000Z
- Description: A feud between the revolutionary group MOVE and Philadelphia officials reached a bloody culmination.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: FRONTLINE, Season 1987, Episode 1, #ZZZ_Episode_c43e8ef7-1e70-4daa-9cd1-e702fda44712, #episode, #news_program, #ZZZ_Show_8d45e56c-70b3-4c33-a2eb-1c2ac36ca879, #v1.16

On May 13, 1985, a years-long feud between the Black revolutionary group MOVE and Philadelphia officials reached a bloody culmination that saw police dropping a military-grade bomb in a Black residential neighborhood and allowing the resulting fire to rage.