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[Narrator] By Friday morning
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Betrayal at Attica

By Friday morning, the police thought they hadenough men to take the prison

[Narrator] By Friday morning, the police thought they had
enough men to take the prison

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- [Narrator] By Friday morning,
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the police thought they had enough men to take the prison.
Duration
5 seconds
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24
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:54
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...
They chafed at the delay caused by - Betrayal at Attica 00:08
They chafed at the delay caused by
- Sergeant Cunningham, now, would you give us a message - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
- Sergeant Cunningham, now, would you give us a message
One of the recommendations is, and if he says no, I'm dead. - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
One of the recommendations is, and if he says no, I'm d...
- The thing about Rockefeller - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- The thing about Rockefeller
And Oswald was trying to be a liberal, - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
And Oswald was trying to be a liberal,
Mancusi, who was the warden, - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
Mancusi, who was the warden,
If it had been at Coxsackie or somewhere, but Attica's far. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
If it had been at Coxsackie or somewhere, but Attica's ...
So, by the time they got there, - Betrayal at Attica 00:10
So, by the time they got there,
And once negotiations, then the brothers took over - Betrayal at Attica 00:10
And once negotiations, then the brothers took over
But meanwhile, he would go and say one thing to them - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
But meanwhile, he would go and say one thing to them
- [Narrator] Corrections Commissioner Russell Oswald - Betrayal at Attica 00:10
- [Narrator] Corrections Commissioner Russell Oswald
- I earlier promised you there would be no reprisals. - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
- I earlier promised you there would be no reprisals.
- [Narrator] The main sticking point - Betrayal at Attica 00:09
- [Narrator] The main sticking point
- He expected them to be grateful to him, and they weren't. - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
- He expected them to be grateful to him, and they weren...
So he did this thing, and he let negotiators in. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
So he did this thing, and he let negotiators in.
- We urgently demand immediate negotiations - Betrayal at Attica 00:10
- We urgently demand immediate negotiations
- [Officer] Presently entering is Bobby Seale. - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
- [Officer] Presently entering is Bobby Seale.
On the extreme right, as they walk towards us, our right, - Betrayal at Attica 00:14
On the extreme right, as they walk towards us, our right,
- [Narrator] By late Friday, 33 observers had arrived. - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
- [Narrator] By late Friday, 33 observers had arrived.
- We had continuing discussions from the beginning - Betrayal at Attica 00:12
- We had continuing discussions from the beginning