Then and now, the media neglects to place enough importance on crimes of inhumanity toward other humans. Reporting strongly enough about unfairness seems not part of media's repertoire.

Yes, horror was my reaction to learning more about that.
It has happened throughout history.
Yet those in political power do not seem to learn how to become moral.
Instead they accept inhumanity to other humans as 'God's way'.

Yes, I would think so too. Only a federal jury and a federal judge awarded millions to the relatives of the victims. But no city officials were prosecuted, even though found negligent because they did not turn on the fire hoses. I don't think justice was served entirely.

That was unfortunate and weird.
How did people feel about him after that happened under his watch? In the late '70's, I visited a 'residence' in such a neighborhood in Philadelphia. Quite an eye-opener.

@AnonySchmoose He dropped a bomb on a rowhouse, killing 11 people including children and burned down hundreds of homes. After putting the blame on the City Managing Director, Police Chief and Fire Commissioner, they all got fired/resigned and he got re-elected. During his second term he managed the rebuild of the neighborhood he burned down. Payoffs, no bid contracts, code violations and a massive budget overrun. That's my city.

@barjoe
I read that the mayor appointed an investigative commission, which found that the fire hoses were never turned on, and the houses were left to burn. There were two federal verdicts that made Philadelphia pay millions to the survivors whose family members died. In 2020 Philadelphia apologized and designated an annual day of remembrance for victims on the bombing anniversary.

@AnonySchmoose Truman's "The buck stops here" is a pipe dream. Didn't he hire all three? There is no accountability, just retention of power at all cost.

@barjoe
Yes, they ignored the culpability of the city officials at the time, and the city merely apologized later, as if that could absolve the city of guilt. I'm uncertain what 'hire all three' referenced.

@AnonySchmoose Mayor Goode hired PC Sambor, Fire Chief Richmond and City Director Brookes a year earlier and fires them all after MOVE. If they were all so incompetent, He hired them. .

@barjoe
Thank you for clarifying that.

I was a grad student at Temple U. when all that was going down. It was all so horrifying and surreal. I remember watching that neighborhood burn on the 6:00 news. It was mass murder, and no one paid.

@Organist1 Ross, Sambor and Richmond acted on Mayor Goode's orders. DA Ed Rendell didn't do anything, he was busy running for Governor. Ron Castille didn't do anything either. There needed to be prosecutions. None.

"Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice
Adopted and proclaimed by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at its twentieth session, on 27 November 1978."

The 10 Articles of the Declaration dispel the myth of race. [un.org]