Wilson Goode

…Avenue on the orders of Wilson Goode, the city’s first Black mayor. The next morning, about 500 police officers undertook a plan to forcefully remove the organization from the residence on orders from Goode and Police Commissioner Gregore Sambor. As one police sergeant recounted in a testimony:

…elected its first Black mayor, W. Wilson Goode, whose first administration was marred by the 1985 MOVE tragedy (a stand-off between a radical group and police that led to the bombing of the MOVE compound, the burning of the surrounding neighborhood, and the death of 11 people, including 5 children).…