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Betrayal at Attica

If the state takes the position that the guards'lives are expendable, then the state is...

If the state takes the position that the guards'
lives are expendable, then the state is going to
cause the murder of many people

Full Transcript

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If the state takes the position
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that the guards' lives are expendable,
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then the state is going to cause the murder of many people.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:41:19
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...
- There has been some of the prison personnel - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- There has been some of the prison personnel
And we certainly don't wanna see any of our people hurt. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
And we certainly don't wanna see any of our people hurt...
They knew full well that there was no one injured, - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
They knew full well that there was no one injured,
- Your instructions are - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
- Your instructions are
- [Elizabeth] They chose the state police, - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- [Elizabeth] They chose the state police,
- [Officer] The hostages are on catwalks - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- [Officer] The hostages are on catwalks
- [Elizabeth] This was a wholesale murder. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- [Elizabeth] This was a wholesale murder.
The head of the state police was on vacation - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
The head of the state police was on vacation
So there was absolutely no reason for him to be there - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
So there was absolutely no reason for him to be there
They all had gas masks, and there was no way to communicate - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
They all had gas masks, and there was no way to communicate
There's this incredible testimony from the second in command - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
There's this incredible testimony from the second in co...
This guy was a moron, and he comes out onto the catwalks - Betrayal at Attica 00:10
This guy was a moron, and he comes out onto the catwalks
And he's running up and down trying to get people - Betrayal at Attica 00:09
And he's running up and down trying to get people
- [Elizabeth] I mean, they did everything wrong. - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
- [Elizabeth] I mean, they did everything wrong.
(gunshots popping) (deep somber music) - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
(gunshots popping) (deep somber music)
They were all in a hostage circle in the middle, - Betrayal at Attica 00:17
They were all in a hostage circle in the middle,
They told everybody to put tape over their name tags - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
They told everybody to put tape over their name tags
And they told blah, blah, blah. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
And they told blah, blah, blah.
I mean, the best thing you could call it - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
I mean, the best thing you could call it
(gunshots blasting) - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
(gunshots blasting)