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It's a situation in which lives are at stake
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Betrayal at Attica

It's a situation inwhich lives are at stake

It's a situation in
which lives are at stake

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- It's a situation in which lives are at stake.
Duration
6 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:41:06
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...
And my own personal opinion is that if lives are at stake - Betrayal at Attica 00:10
And my own personal opinion is that if lives are at stake
If the state takes the position - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
If the state takes the position
- 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.