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40 Years a Prisoner

What did the MOVE members say on May 20th, '77? "If you think that thiswhite racist...

What did the MOVE members say on May 20th, '77? "If you think that this
white racist society "will shoot down those
white students at "Kent State,
you think they'll hesitate "shooting down any
Black, Puerto Rican, "or Chicano brothers
here in Philadelphia? "No. How many times did you "pick up the paper
and read about another "Puerto Rican, another Mexican,
another Black man "shot in cold blood
'cause some cop said, 'I thought I saw
a piece of shiny metal

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What did the MOVE members
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say on May 20th, '77?
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"If you think that this white racist society
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"will shoot down those white students at
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"Kent State, you think they'll hesitate
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"shooting down any Black, Puerto Rican,
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"or Chicano brothers here in Philadelphia?
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"No. How many times did you
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"pick up the paper and read about another
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"Puerto Rican, another Mexican, another Black man
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"shot in cold blood 'cause some cop said,
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'I thought I saw a piece of shiny metal.
Duration
30 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:00
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Genres
documentary, crime
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Philadelphia native Tommy Oliver follows the efforts of Mike Africa Jr. to exonerate his parents, both incarcerated members of the revolutionary group MOVE.
I thought he'd shoot me.'" - 40 Years a Prisoner 00:14
I thought he'd shoot me.'"
Isn't this a rather high incidence of unarmed people - 40 Years a Prisoner 00:07
Isn't this a rather high incidence of unarmed people
We have to decide who should be more aggressive, - 40 Years a Prisoner 00:07
We have to decide who should be more aggressive,
If the police department of Philadelphia was not aggressive, - 40 Years a Prisoner 00:06
If the police department of Philadelphia was not aggressive,
More testimony today in the trial of six homicide cops - 40 Years a Prisoner 00:06
More testimony today in the trial of six homicide cops
Warren was shot once in the head - 40 Years a Prisoner 00:35
Warren was shot once in the head
Everybody has a saturation point - 40 Years a Prisoner 00:20
Everybody has a saturation point
I had did a year for a crime I didn't commit. - 40 Years a Prisoner 00:04
I had did a year for a crime I didn't commit.
The MOVE organization helped get me out - 40 Years a Prisoner 00:09
The MOVE organization helped get me out
And the MOVE members asked me - 40 Years a Prisoner 00:13
And the MOVE members asked me
And I said I'd rather be with them inside - 40 Years a Prisoner 00:05
And I said I'd rather be with them inside
And there was this business of warrants - 40 Years a Prisoner 00:06
And there was this business of warrants
A large number of warrants were issued for John Doe Africa, - 40 Years a Prisoner 00:12
A large number of warrants were issued for John Doe Africa,
There's a part of me that really feels bad for them. - 40 Years a Prisoner 00:14
There's a part of me that really feels bad for them.
They were kids adrift who were in a cult and - 40 Years a Prisoner 00:18
They were kids adrift who were in a cult and
I'm beginning to look like MOVE, - 40 Years a Prisoner 00:18
I'm beginning to look like MOVE,
You had, um, the cops that was coming, - 40 Years a Prisoner 00:06
You had, um, the cops that was coming,
He would say all kinds of things about the women and stuff, - 40 Years a Prisoner 00:07
He would say all kinds of things about the women and stuff,
The girls would get down and do 50 push-ups - 40 Years a Prisoner 00:05
The girls would get down and do 50 push-ups
They say, "We would kill every last one of you - 40 Years a Prisoner 00:14
They say, "We would kill every last one of you