Reply #9: I did not consider MOVE members "my own".

[MrSlayer]

They brought that whole thing down upon themselves. They were a quite disgusting, violent cult who, besides murdering a police officer in the original 1978 confrontation, initiated a firefight with the police, had an armored bunker on their rooftop and soaked their own and all the neighboring roofs with gasoline before the standoff. They would torture their neighbors by blasting their ludicrous propaganda over loudspeakers at all hours of the day/night and would beat them if they complained. They were so filthy that they bred rats and roaches that infested the entire area and would strew garbage and excrement everywhere under the guise of being "back to nature". If they were back to nature why not go live in the fucking woods somewhere instead of trying to force their neighbors into their foul lifestyle?

The concussion bomb that was dropped on the bunker was something of an extreme action but it was not the reason for the fire that engulfed the entire city block. The fire department had been soaking the house with a water cannon throughout the day. The gasoline poured on the other houses by MOVE members is what caused the fire and their shooting at the fireman trying to put it out is what caused it to go out of control.


What happened that day was a disaster and it was all the fault of John Africa and the rest of his stupid cult. I have no more sympathy for them than I do for Koresh and the Waco people or that idiotic Christian militia that was recently busted for plotting to overthrow the government. I am far from an authoritarian but there are certain standards of decency and lawfulness that need to be adhered to. They chose not to and they got themselves and a bunch of innocent kids killed for it. Fuck MOVE.


Google John Gilbride MOVE for another aspect of this murderous cult.