So a bunch of white guys with guns defied the government...

[JoePhilly]

10. At the time, I lived close enough to see the flames.

If you read the article you posted, look for the part where Ramono Africa explains how the neighbors (mainly black) would not listen to her and the other MOVE members (the family) and join them. The MOVE folks did not appreciate the fact that the other blacks in the neighborhood would not join them in their struggle.

Bottom line, the MOVE folks were terrorizing their neighbors, other black people. Those neighbors had BEGGED the city to remove them.

The article neglects to mention that the MOVE folks also built a bunker on the roof of their row home (wasn't actually their row home) so that they could defend against any advance by the police. As any one from Philly knows, row homes are connected, including the roofs ... if you can get on one roof you can get on all of them on the same block. Which the MOVE folks did.

The bomb that the police dropped was intended to knock down the bunker. The bomb was way too large, and the gasoline that the MOVE folks spread on the roofs as part of their defense, helped spread the fire.

After the fire started, the MOVE folks shot at the firemen who came to put out the fires. The fireman had to pull back.

Inside the house, the MOVE folks had used railroad ties to create a maze, and create defensive positions in side the house. Those made escaping the fire that much harder.

There is no comparison between this and the Bundy situation.