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Attica Uprising Observers Fail to End Slaughter
A diverse group of citizens and officials tried four days to avert bloodshed as about 1,500 inmates seized parts of the Attica prison. By Monday morning the siege ended with 37 dead after state troopers moved in. Observers, led by figures like Rep. Herman Badillo and attorney William Kunstler, failed to secure a peaceful settlement amid heavy violence and chaos.
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Citizens Group
Herman Badillo
New York
Badillo
Julian Tepper
Bill Gaiter
Build Community Action Organization
Buffa- To
Kent State
Jackson State
Observers’ Committee
William Kunstler
Movement
Arthur Eve
Buffalo
Clarence Jones
The
Amsterdam News
Tar Wicker
New York Times
Richard Roth
Buffalo Evening News
Jim Ingram
Michigan Journal
Solidarity Prison Committee
Young Lords
Huey Newton
John B. X
Gaiter
Joan Dunne
Nassau County
Robert Garcia
Bronx
Eve
Kunstler