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Month on the bbc news channel or you can catch up on all our films with more than a thousand radio programmes and our online archives which is set for bbc witness history. our next eyewitness story takes us to the 1980s and hugely controversial operation by us law enforcement. in may 1985, police in philadelphia dropped a bomb on a residential street to end the standoff with the radical black activists. 11 people died, five for children. the former philadelphia reporter remembers that tragic day. the siege had been under way for 36 hours— way for 36 hours when the olice, way for 36 hours whe...

In may 1985, police in philadelphia dropped a bomb on a residential street to end the stand—off with radical black activists. 11 people died, five were children. the former philadelphia reporter lyn washington remembers that tragic day. the siege had been under way for 36 hours when the police, where put sharpshooters on nearby rooftops, decided to bring in air power. the bomb was dropped with the aim of blowing a hole through the cult headquarters roof. as the slow—motion sequence shows, there was a devastating miscalculation. watching that fire burn the way you did and knowing that there...

For bbc witness history. our next eyewitness story takes us to the 1980s and hugely controversial operation by us law enforcement. in may 1985, police in philadelphia dropped a bomb on a residential street to end the standoff with the radical black activists. 11 people died, five for children. the former philadelphia reporter remembers that tragic day. the siege had been under way for 36 hours when the police, who had put sharpshooters in a nearby rooftops decided to bring an air power. the bomb was dropped with the aim of blowing a hole through the roof. it's a slow—motion sequence shows, t...

Was arrested by the fbi after his wife basically narced him out to the u.s. government for spying for the soviet union. his name was john anthony walker. he had been stealing classified information from the navy for years. selling it to the soviet union. he had been doing this for almost 20 years. by the time the fbi finally caught up to him and arrested him in may 1985. walker had roped his immediate family into helping him with spying efforts. paid a lot by the soviets for doing it. eventually his wife turned him in. when the john anthony walker spying arrest was disclosed in 1985 it was sho...

His name was john anthony walker. he had been stealing classified information from the navy for years. selling it to the soviet union. he had been doing this for almost 20 years. by the time the fbi finally caught up to him and arrested him in may 1985. walker had roped his immediate family into helping him with spying efforts. paid a lot by the soviets for doing it. eventually his wife turned him in. when the john anthony walker spying arrest was disclosed in 1985 it was shocking at the time. it turned out that it was just the first of many, many such arrests and revelations that year. john w...