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[Narrator] As
negotiations stalled, Governor Rockefeller decided
to rely on the exhausted and increasingly
agitated state troopers, who'd been taking shifts
waiting outside the prison
walls for three days
negotiations stalled, Governor Rockefeller decided
to rely on the exhausted and increasingly
agitated state troopers, who'd been taking shifts
waiting outside the prison
walls for three days
Full Transcript
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- [Narrator] As
negotiations stalled,
00:00:02.542 --> 00:00:04.917
Governor Rockefeller decided
to rely on the exhausted
00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:07.025
and increasingly
agitated state troopers,
00:00:07.333 --> 00:00:09.875
who'd been taking shifts
waiting outside the prison
walls
00:00:09.958 --> 00:00:11.375
for three days.
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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...