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Betrayal at Attica

If you don't put yourgovernment to the task, then you get our Constitutionbeing used as...

If you don't put your
government to the task, then you get our Constitution
being used as toilet paper

Full Transcript

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- If you don't put your government to the task,
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then you get our Constitution being used as toilet paper.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:51
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...
(crowd cheering) - Betrayal at Attica 00:08
(crowd cheering)
- [Narrator] Her focus was attacking abuse of power - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
- [Narrator] Her focus was attacking abuse of power
But no case required as much dedication or attention - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
But no case required as much dedication or attention
What empowers you is the fight for justice. - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
What empowers you is the fight for justice.
(audience applauding) - Betrayal at Attica 00:12
(audience applauding)
She also left me a box that she had guarded for decades. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
She also left me a box that she had guarded for decades.
It was an archive with hundreds of photographs - Betrayal at Attica 00:09
It was an archive with hundreds of photographs
The state of New York had declared this material lost - Betrayal at Attica 00:09
The state of New York had declared this material lost
This archive proved allegations of wanton murder - Betrayal at Attica 00:11
This archive proved allegations of wanton murder
- [Elizabeth] We needed the evidence, - Betrayal at Attica 00:09
- [Elizabeth] We needed the evidence,
I expropriated it from them, - Betrayal at Attica 00:08
I expropriated it from them,
We're at this point right now, - Betrayal at Attica 00:10
We're at this point right now,
And it's all gonna be blown up because I took it all. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
And it's all gonna be blown up because I took it all.
- [Narrator] The archival photos and videos - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- [Narrator] The archival photos and videos
- [Elizabeth] I mean we did this huge trial - Betrayal at Attica 00:13
- [Elizabeth] I mean we did this huge trial
In ninth grade, I was thrown out of school for a day because - Betrayal at Attica 00:11
In ninth grade, I was thrown out of school for a day because
And my teacher went nuts on me and suspended me from school. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
And my teacher went nuts on me and suspended me from school.
Now, the next day, when it was announced that he was a spy, - Betrayal at Attica 00:10
Now, the next day, when it was announced that he was a spy,
I was famous for being leftist in high school. - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
I was famous for being leftist in high school.
You know, I sounded like my mother, - Betrayal at Attica 00:10
You know, I sounded like my mother,