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(Philadelphia) — An attorney says the last jailed member of the radical group MOVE has been released from prison.
Attorney Brad Thomson posted on Twitter on Friday that Chuck Sims Africa had been released from a Pennsylvania prison.
Africa was the last of the so-called “MOVE 9” to be paroled after being convicted of third-degree murder in the 1978 shooting death of Officer James Ramp in Philadelphia.
Police contended that there was gunfire exchanged from both sides during a standoff, but MOVE members have denied returning gunfire.
They said they believed Ramp was killed by friendly fire.
Two of the members died in prison.
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