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Betrayal at Attica

And I was told, "When I hitthis door with this stick, nigger, you betterstart moving." And...

And I was told, "When I hit
this door with this stick, nigger, you better
start moving." And when he hit the
door, I started moving

Full Transcript

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- And I was told, "When I hit this door with this stick,
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nigger, you better start moving."
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And when he hit the door, I started moving.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
01:04:26
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Fifth Column Films,HBO,HBO Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

On September 13, 1971 the State of New York shot and killed 39 of its own citizens, injured hundreds more, and tortured the survivors. The plan to retake D Yard led to one of the bloodiest days in American history, and set the sta...
- [Interviewer] Did you hear what kind of language - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
- [Interviewer] Did you hear what kind of language
- Emphatic language, "Get over there, get down, move along," - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
- Emphatic language, "Get over there, get down, move al...
- [Interviewer] Did it have after it words such as "nigger?" - Betrayal at Attica 00:08
- [Interviewer] Did it have after it words such as "nig...
- [Elizabeth] And then the gauntlet, 50 correction officers - Betrayal at Attica 00:14
- [Elizabeth] And then the gauntlet, 50 correction officers
And they had all these naked people, and one-by-one, - Betrayal at Attica 00:09
And they had all these naked people, and one-by-one,
- [Former Inmate] They were kicking, and saying, - Betrayal at Attica 00:10
- [Former Inmate] They were kicking, and saying,
- Well, as I was being put in the cell, - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
- Well, as I was being put in the cell,
- Whoever beat me, they came in the cell, - Betrayal at Attica 00:10
- Whoever beat me, they came in the cell,
"You'll run it next time." - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
"You'll run it next time."
"Nigger, put your head on these bars and you keep your head - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
"Nigger, put your head on these bars and you keep your ...
- I was working in the hospital that afternoon - Betrayal at Attica 00:14
- I was working in the hospital that afternoon
And as I walked in, I got the door a quarter of a way - Betrayal at Attica 00:14
And as I walked in, I got the door a quarter of a way
And they told me to shut the door - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
And they told me to shut the door
- And again, while I was in the cell, - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- And again, while I was in the cell,
They would come around every 10 or 15 minutes - Betrayal at Attica 00:10
They would come around every 10 or 15 minutes
So I told 'em, I said, "Look, I'm alive, - Betrayal at Attica 00:23
So I told 'em, I said, "Look, I'm alive,
It looked like a .357 Magnum, stuck in my cell, - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
It looked like a .357 Magnum, stuck in my cell,
"You gonna die, right now." - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
"You gonna die, right now."
And, I regurgitated for about 15 or 20 minutes, - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
And, I regurgitated for about 15 or 20 minutes,
Then after I did that, then I start crying quite badly. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
Then after I did that, then I start crying quite badly.