Feb. 16, 1970: 54 years ago, February 16 1970, a pipe bomb exploded at the San Francisco [...]

54 years ago, February 16 1970, a pipe bomb exploded at the San Francisco Police Dept’s Park Station, killing Sergeant Brian McDonnell. No group claimed responsibility. While authorities have blamed the Weather Underground and the Black Liberation Army, the case remains unsolved

That same week, a bomb at a police station in Berkeley destroyed three cop cars. Both bombings were anonymous, and Governor Reagan asserted that they were the actions of “mindless revolutionaries.” The local left was divided over the attacks, which some greeted with jubilation

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