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    Attica: the story behind the bloodiest prison riot in US history

    Nov 01, 2021 4 minutes

    Mention Attica and an iconic moment from Dog Day Afternoon is often top of mind. In Sidney Lumet’s powder-keg film from 1975, Al Pacino’s bank robber turned hostage taker yells “Attica! Attica! Attica!” in a standoff with police. He riles up the gathered crowds and wins sympathy for his predicament by invoking the tragedy that occurred just a few years ago, when inmates took control of Attica correctional facility in a fight for their humanity, keeping trigger happy police at bay outside the prison walls for four days.

    There is so much to say about that Dog Day Afternoon scene, where a white man invokes a prison rebellion led

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