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Attica (1974)

visceral and infuriating. important to note that the inmates did not kill a single hostage. every single death was caused by gunshot wound at the hands of heavily armed police and heavily armed state troopers. let that sink in. they killed thirty one unarmed people who had been imprisoned, and they killed nine of their own guards who had been hostages. "they call it indiscriminate firing. i call it plain outright premeditated murder." they used fucking hollow point bullets. yeah, if you're not an abolitionist (or basically an abolitionist) kinda fuck you. "people gotta wake up...people have been asleep too long. but they gotta wake up because this is really affecting them too, and they don't realize it yet."