MOVE 9
On August 8, 1978, the first violent confrontation between the MOVE organization and the Philadelphia Police Department took place. It began with a warrant read and ended with a police officer killed and sixteen cops and firefighters injured. The police released their anger on Delbert Africa by grabbing his hair, pulling him down the street, and kicking him. The police officers were acquitted of all charges. Nine MOVE members, referred to as the MOVE 9, were sentenced for the third degree murder of police officer, James Ramp, even though there is some dispute as to whether they fired the fatal shot. MOVE hasn't stopped fighting for the MOVE 9's release since their imprisonment.
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