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[Officer] The hostages are on catwalks
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Betrayal at Attica

Thehostages are on catwalks with knives at their throat

[Officer] The
hostages are on catwalks with knives at their throat

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- [Officer] The hostages are on catwalks
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with knives at their throat.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:14
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...
- [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.
I mean, the best thing you could call it - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
I mean, the best thing you could call it
(gunshots blasting) - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
(gunshots blasting)
That's lot of people, 39 people. - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
That's lot of people, 39 people.
And when he was asked why he fired those shots, - Betrayal at Attica 00:09
And when he was asked why he fired those shots,
And the remaining six, - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
And the remaining six,
(helicopter fluttering) (slow somber music) - Betrayal at Attica 00:12
(helicopter fluttering) (slow somber music)
And what he did was witnessed by Gerard L. Smith, - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
And what he did was witnessed by Gerard L. Smith,
So Barbolini killed Kenny Malloy and he killed Robinson. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
So Barbolini killed Kenny Malloy and he killed Robinson.