Editing MOVE (Philadelphia organization) (section)

=== Aftermath ===
Goode appointed an investigative commission called the Philadelphia Special Investigation Commission (PSIC, aka MOVE Commission), chaired by attorney [[William H. Brown, III]]. Sambor resigned in November 1985; in a speech the following year, he said that he was made a "surrogate" by Goode.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1986-02-27-2510505-story.html|title=I WAS EXPENDABLE, SAMBOR LEARNED AFTER MOVE FIASCO|first=SCOTT J. HIGHAM, The Morning|last=Call|website=mcall.com|date=February 27, 1986|access-date=October 9, 2020|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327123118/https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1986-02-27-2510505-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The MOVE Commission issued its report on March 6, 1986. The report denounced the actions of the city government, stating that "Dropping a bomb on an occupied row house was unconscionable."<ref name="titlePhiladelphia Special Investigation (MOVE) Commission Manuscript Collection">{{cite web |url=http://library.temple.edu/collections/urbana/psic-01.jsp |title=Philadelphia Special Investigation (MOVE) Commission Manuscript Collection |access-date=April 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111183326/http://library.temple.edu/collections/urbana/psic-01.jsp |archive-date=January 11, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Following the release of the report, Goode made a formal public apology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1986-03-10-2508939-story.html|title=GOODE OFFERS HIS APOLOGY FOR MOVE|first=WILLIAM K. STEVENS, The New York|last=Times|website=mcall.com|date=March 10, 1986|access-date=October 9, 2020|archive-date=September 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919104030/https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1986-03-10-2508939-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> No one from the city government was criminally charged in the attack. The only surviving adult MOVE member, Ramona Africa, was charged and convicted on charges of [[riot]] and [[conspiracy]]; she served seven years in prison.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Odom|first1=Maida|title=Ramona Africa Given Jail Term For Siege Role|url=http://articles.philly.com/1986-04-15/news/26077019_1_ramona-africa-birdie-africa-riot-charge|website=philly.com|access-date=May 10, 2016|archive-date=June 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603031312/http://articles.philly.com/1986-04-15/news/26077019_1_ramona-africa-birdie-africa-riot-charge|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1996 a federal jury ordered the city to pay a $1.5 million [[civil suit]] judgment to survivor Ramona Africa and relatives of two people killed in the bombing. The jury had found that the city used excessive force and violated the members' constitutional [[Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution#Warrant|protections against unreasonable search and seizure]].<ref name="NYT_1996-06-25">{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0DEFDE1239F936A15755C0A960958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |title=Philadelphia Held Liable For Firebomb Fatal to 11 |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 25, 1996 |first=Don |last=Terry |access-date=May 13, 2010 |archive-date=May 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524050107/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/25/us/philadelphia-held-liable-for-firebomb-fatal-to-11.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1985 Philadelphia was given the [[sobriquet]] "The City that Bombed Itself".<ref>{{cite book|title=Compass American Guides Pennsylvania|author1=G. Shaffer |author2=C. Tiger |author3=D. L. Root |year=2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.religionnewsblog.com/11182/the-move-disaster-may-13-1985|website=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|title=The MOVE Disaster: May 13, 1985|author=Larry Eichel|date=May 8, 2005|access-date=June 8, 2010|archive-date=October 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014162129/https://www.religionnewsblog.com/11182/the-move-disaster-may-13-1985|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2005 federal judge [[Clarence Charles Newcomer]] presided over a civil trial brought by residents seeking damages for having been displaced by the widespread destruction following the 1985 police bombing of MOVE. A jury awarded them a $12.83 million verdict against the City of Philadelphia.<ref name="sun-sentinel2005">Douglas Martin (August 28, 2005). [https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2005-08-28-0508270080-story.html "CLARENCE NEWCOMER, 82, LONGTIME FEDERAL JUDGE,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701020527/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2005-08-28-0508270080-story.html |date=July 1, 2021 }} ''South Florida Sun Sentinel''.</ref>

On November 12, 2020, the City Council of Philadelphia passed a resolution apologizing "for the decisions and events preceding and leading to the devastation that occurred on May 13, 1985."<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://phila.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4681920&GUID=B829ECBE-2918-4C0E-87B6-271DB263B6C7&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=MOVE|title=City of Philadelphia - File #: 200609|website=phila.legistar.com|access-date=November 16, 2020|archive-date=January 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113232722/https://phila.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4681920&GUID=B829ECBE-2918-4C0E-87B6-271DB263B6C7&Options=ID|url-status=live}}</ref> The council established "an annual day of observation, reflection and recommitment" to remember the MOVE Bombing.<ref name="auto"/>