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[Narrator] Corrections Commissioner Russell Oswald
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Betrayal at Attica

CorrectionsCommissioner Russell Oswald was escorted to anegotiating table in D yard where...

[Narrator] Corrections
Commissioner Russell Oswald was escorted to a
negotiating table in D yard where he agreed to an
extensive list of demands for both immediate
and systemic relief

Full Transcript

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- [Narrator] Corrections Commissioner Russell Oswald
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was escorted to a negotiating table in D yard
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where he agreed to an extensive list of demands
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for both immediate and systemic relief.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:12
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...
- 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
Were we purely neutral go-betweens? - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
Were we purely neutral go-betweens?
Were we in fact negotiators? - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
Were we in fact negotiators?
- And then when the negotiators came, - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
- And then when the negotiators came,
And you had flamboyancy number 101, right? - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
And you had flamboyancy number 101, right?
He understood how to deal with the press - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
He understood how to deal with the press
- You gotta negotiate for an amnesty. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- You gotta negotiate for an amnesty.
But that means you have to sit down and have to work out - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
But that means you have to sit down and have to work out
He went to Yale, came in second. He was second in his class. - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
He went to Yale, came in second. He was second in his class.
Then he went into the Army and he was a major. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
Then he went into the Army and he was a major.
And he was in the Army of occupation in Japan. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
And he was in the Army of occupation in Japan.
He went back to Columbia Law School - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
He went back to Columbia Law School