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01.12.2013 | ARTICLES

Framing MOVE: A Press’ Complicity in the Murder of Women and Children in the City of (Un) Brotherly Love

verfasst von: Kimberly Sanders, Judson L. Jeffries

Erschienen in: Journal of African American Studies | Ausgabe 4/2013

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Abstract

This article examines local press coverage of the 1985 police bombing of MOVE, which resulted in the deaths of eleven people, as well as the destruction of two city blocks leaving 250 people homeless. According to public opinion polls many Philadelphians seemingly showed little concern about the heavy-handed tactics used by the police; in fact, many praised the mayor and the efforts of law enforcement. News accounts from the Philadelphia Inquirer were content analyzed to determine whether or not the coverage was framed in a manner that may have influenced the public’s attitude toward the organization and its members, thus cultivating within the populace an attitude of indifference.

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Fußnoten
1
The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 %.
 
2
The words Black and African American are used interchangeably throughout this article according to sound and context and to avoid repetition.
 
3
Years later, Glassey became a police informant. According to Glassey, “federal agents were about to file a firearms charge against him, but offered to drop it if he would agree to become an informant” (Curry 1985).
 
4
This is a revised, updated, and expanded edition of 20 Years on the MOVE (1996). There is no author(s) credited with writing the book.
 
5
The Pulitzer Prize, which is administered by Columbia University, is awarded for achievement in American journalism, literature, and musical composition. Prizes are awarded annually in twenty-one categories. Marimow won for Investigative Reporting, while Zucchino was a finalist in the category of International Reporting (Pulitzer Prizes Website 2011).
 
6
This is in reference to the fact that MOVE members living on Osage Avenue allegedly had not paid their water bill in 2 years or their gas bill in over a year.
 
7
Following the ruling by the Philadelphia Special Investigation Commission, which stated that the children’s deaths appeared to be homicides, two grand juries refused to press charges against any law enforcement or city officials (Bowser 1989; Brown 1986).
 
8
The compound was located near Bull Shoals Lake in Marion County in northern Arkansas.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Framing MOVE: A Press’ Complicity in the Murder of Women and Children in the City of (Un) Brotherly Love
verfasst von
Kimberly Sanders
Judson L. Jeffries
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2013
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of African American Studies / Ausgabe 4/2013
Print ISSN: 1559-1646
Elektronische ISSN: 1936-4741
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12111-013-9252-7

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