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In April, seven members of the MOVE organization will be eligible for parole from sentences stemming from a 1978 confrontation with Philadelphia police. Charged with third degree murder, the \u201cMOVE 9,\u201d as they came to be called, were given 30-100 year prison terms in the shooting death of Officer James Ramp. On August, 8th, 1978, the Philadelphia police laid siege to the MOVE organization\u2019s headquarters in the city. Officer Ramp was killed and seven others were injured. Just hours after the confrontation, the Powelton Village home that served as the group\u2019s headquarters was razed to the ground. A costly and problematic 19-week trial ensued two years later convicting nine MOVE members despite the judge\u2019s acknowledgment that he had no idea who exactly shot Officer Ramp. The Philadelphia District Attorney\u2019s Office and the Fraternal Order of Police vociferously opposed to granting the seven prisoners parole. On the other side, supporters of the MOVE prisoners are circulating a petition and letter to encourage the Philadelphia state Board of Probation and Parole to grant the seven inmates release from prison. A majority five of the nine votes on the board are ultimately needed to grant the prisoners parole. <\/p>\n For more information, visit www.onamove.com<\/a>. Sign the online petition here: http:\/\/www.ipetitions.com\/petition\/move9parole\/<\/a><\/p>\n The eight remaining MOVE prisoners are Janine, Debbie, Janet, Delbert, Mike, Phil, Eddie, and Chuck Africa.<\/p>\n Letters can be sent to each of the nine Board members on the Philadelphia state Board of Probation and Parole: <\/p>\n – Catherine C. McVey, Chairman Address: The Board members can be contacted by telephone at (717) 787-5699<\/p>\n Copies of the letters can be sent to Phil Africa at: William Phillips Africa #AM-4984, SCI-Dallas, 1000 Follies Rd., Dallas, PA 18612<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" | the entire program GUEST: Ramona Africa, Minister of Information for MOVE In April, seven members of the MOVE organization will be eligible for parole from sentences stemming from a 1978 confrontation with Philadelphia police. Charged with third degree murder, the \u201cMOVE 9,\u201d as they came to be called, were given 30-100 year prison terms […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"MOVE](\"http:\/\/www.4strugglemag.org\/images\/4sm143.jpg\")
GUEST: Ramona Africa, Minister of Information for MOVE<\/em><\/p>\n
\n– Charles Fox
\n– Michael L. Green
\n– Jeffrey R. Imboden
\n– Matthew T. Mangino
\n– Benjamin A. Martinez
\n– Gerard N. Massaro
\n– Judy Viglione
\n– Lloyd A. White<\/p>\n
\nPennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, 1101 South Front Street, Suite #5100, Harrisburg, PA 17104-2517<\/p>\n