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Betrayal at Attica

I'm Robert McKay, Dean of New YorkUniversity School of Law, and Chairman of the...

I'm Robert McKay, Dean of New York
University School of Law, and Chairman of the Special
Commission on Attica

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- I'm Robert McKay,
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Dean of New York University School of Law,
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and Chairman of the Special Commission on Attica.
Duration
6 seconds
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23
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:10
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Fifth Column Films,HBO,HBO Documentary Films

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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...
43 people died at Attica in September, 1971. - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
43 people died at Attica in September, 1971.
39 of them in the attack that retook the prison, - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
39 of them in the attack that retook the prison,
The commission believes that to understand the uprising, - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
The commission believes that to understand the uprising,
Therefore, an essential part of our report - Betrayal at Attica 00:08
Therefore, an essential part of our report
- [Narrator] Attica sits on 53 acres - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- [Narrator] Attica sits on 53 acres
It's four cell blocks form a 600-foot square - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
It's four cell blocks form a 600-foot square
A 30-foot wall, - Betrayal at Attica 00:13
A 30-foot wall,
Murder Incorporated, Dutch Schultz, all that, - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
Murder Incorporated, Dutch Schultz, all that,
They only began to mass incarcerate Black people - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
They only began to mass incarcerate Black people
And really, when the civil rights struggle became. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
And really, when the civil rights struggle became.
- [Narrator] Prisons in New York state are called - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
- [Narrator] Prisons in New York state are called
Guards are called correction officers, - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
Guards are called correction officers,
They operate Attica's security machine, - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
They operate Attica's security machine,
In any case, few of the officers have had much training - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
In any case, few of the officers have had much training
All he does is sit and watch people and beat 'em up. - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
All he does is sit and watch people and beat 'em up.
Watch 'em when they walk, watch 'em here, watch 'em there. - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
Watch 'em when they walk, watch 'em here, watch &#...
- [Narrator] correctional officers, the commission found, - Betrayal at Attica 00:09
- [Narrator] correctional officers, the commission found,
It was run by this hideous warden, Vincent Mancusi. - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
It was run by this hideous warden, Vincent Mancusi.
It was upstate New York. All white rednecks. - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
It was upstate New York. All white rednecks.
- [Narrator] Most officers first come to know Blacks - Betrayal at Attica 00:09
- [Narrator] Most officers first come to know Blacks