blackdenimjeans:setbabiesonfire:Never forget the time they flew over the Black Panther’s h
blackdenimjeans: setbabiesonfire: Never forget the time they flew over the Black Panther’s headquarters/home in Philadelphia and dropped 2 fire bombs on them, resulting in the death of all of the house’s 11 occupants but two, including 5 children, and 6 women and men (including the group’s leader, John Africa). The fire was meant to flush them out, and firefighters were told to standby to watch it all burn and to not help the people burning inside. 65 surrounding houses were negligently engulfed & destroyed by the flames. Oh yeah, and police admit to firing more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition at the burning house in a span of less than 20 minutes, even if they were to come out of the burning house alive. Though an investigation practically condemned the sheer violence and brute force used by the police in an American city, no one involved received any charges for the fire-bombing, destruction, and death of 11 people, almost half of which were children. I did not know that -- source link
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