Ft3... maybe the Wiki material on the
Attica Riot will help alleviate those images.
It turned out that the opposite was closer to the truth.
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It was believed that a group of Muslims were responsible for the uprising and the harm of the hostages,
when in fact the group of Muslims was protecting the hostages from other inmates.
The leader of the Muslims even told the other inmates that if any of the inmates tried to hurt the hostages,
that they would "kill [the inmates involved] or die protecting the hostages."
The court in Al Jundi v. Mancusi, 113 F.Supp.2d 441 wrote:
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A number of former Muslim inmates testified that they had been singled out
for "special" brutal treatment by troopers and prison officers because they had
played an active role in protecting the hostages during the four days before the retaking.
Because a number of militant inmates were prepared to do harm to the hostages,
Frank "Big Black" Smith, in conjunction with the Muslim leadership, implemented a plan
to secure the safety of the hostages during negotiations
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Media reports claimed that inmate hostage-takers slit the throats of many of their hostages,
reports that contradicted official medical evidence.
Newspaper headlines made statements such as "I Saw Slit Throats",
implying that prisoners had cut the hostages' throats when the armed raid occurred.
These fabricated reports set the stage for reprisals by troopers and prison officers.
Inmates were made to strip and crawl through the mud and then some
were made to run naked between lines of enraged officers, who beat the inmates.
Several days after the riot's end, prison doctors reported evidence of more beatings.[6][11][12]
The Special Commission found that state officials failed to quickly refute those rumors and false reports.[6]
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