Forty years ago today, the city of Philadelphia dropped a bomb on itself. The city of Philadelphia let that fire burn for more than a day while firetrucks and firefighters stood watching the flames destroy 61 homes,

Forty years ago, after a 12-hour standoff between police and members of the Black-led, back-to-nature group MOVE, the city of Philadelphia bombed a home, letting the fire spread across two city blocks through dozens of rowhouses. Eleven members of the group were killed. Five were children.