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Betrayal at Attica

Do you solemnly swearthat the testimony you're about to give will bethe truth, the whole...

Do you solemnly swear
that the testimony you're about to give will be
the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth,
so help you God?

Full Transcript

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Do you solemnly swear that the testimony
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you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth,
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nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Duration
6 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:02:33
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...
- [Narrator] In 1974, Attica Brothers Legal Defense - Betrayal at Attica 00:12
- [Narrator] In 1974, Attica Brothers Legal Defense
After years of delay by the appointed judge, - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
After years of delay by the appointed judge,
- I was kicked in the side, I was kicked in the hip, - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- I was kicked in the side, I was kicked in the hip,
I was hit in the head, the back, my arms, trying to block. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
I was hit in the head, the back, my arms, trying to block.
- Then my glasses was taken off me, stomped. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- Then my glasses was taken off me, stomped.
You were forced under gunpoint - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
You were forced under gunpoint
And I was hit, and told to "Run, nigger." - Betrayal at Attica 00:11
And I was hit, and told to "Run, nigger."
- There was a correction, two correction officers was there, - Betrayal at Attica 00:09
- There was a correction, two correction officers was there,
- And I was told, "When I hit this door with this stick, - Betrayal at Attica 00:11
- And I was told, "When I hit this door with this stick...
- [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