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...Some rescuers tried to reach the captive guards and pull them to safety. Others headed unresisting inmates toward the secure cell blocks. But there was an abundance of shooting. "We piled through and raced past Times Square," recalled one police sergeant. "The ones that resisted?throwing spears and Molotov cocktails???were cut down. We caught some men with arms extended to throw weapons. Anybody that resisted was killed." Claimed one officer: "They came at us like a banzai charge, waving knives and spears. Those we had to shoot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: War at Attica: Was There No Other Way? | 9/27/1971 | See Source »

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