Geronimo Pratt

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Geronimo Pratt was a prominent Black Panther Party leader and Vietnam War veteran who became a symbol of wrongful conviction and political repression in the United States after his controversial murder conviction was overturned.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Geronimo Pratt canonical 6
Geronimo ji-Jaga Pratt 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Vietnam War veteran ⓘ
human ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
wrongfully convicted person ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Geronimo ji Jaga ⓘ
Geronimo ji-Jaga ⓘ
linked to: Geronimo ji Jaga

Geronimo ji-Jaga Pratt ⓘ
linked to: Geronimo Pratt
associatedWith Federal Bureau of Investigation COINTELPRO program ⓘ
birthName Elmer Pratt ⓘ
burialPlace Louisiana, United States ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
charge murder of Caroline Olsen ⓘ
conflict Vietnam War ⓘ
convictedBy Los Angeles County court ⓘ
convictionStatus overturned ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1947-09-13 ⓘ
dateOfConviction 1972 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2011-06-02 ⓘ
dateOfExoneration 1997 ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
givenName Elmer ⓘ
influenced civil rights lawyers ⓘ
prison reform activists ⓘ
informantInCase Julius Butler ⓘ
legalCase People v. Pratt ⓘ
memberOf Black Panther Party ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank Sergeant ⓘ
movedTo Tanzania ⓘ
notableFor being a symbol of wrongful conviction in the United States ⓘ
leadership in the Black Panther Party ⓘ
overturned murder conviction ⓘ
notableWork campaign against wrongful convictions ⓘ
placeOfArrest Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
placeOfBirth Morgan City, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Tanzania ⓘ
placeOfDetention Folsom State Prison ⓘ
San Quentin State Prison ⓘ
politicalIdeology Black nationalism ⓘ
revolutionary socialism ⓘ
positionHeld Deputy Minister of Defense of the Black Panther Party ⓘ
reasonForOverturningConviction prosecutorial misconduct ⓘ
unreliable informant testimony ⓘ
withholding exculpatory evidence ⓘ
receivedSettlementAmount $2,750,000 ⓘ
$4,500,000 ⓘ
receivedSettlementFrom City of Los Angeles ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles

Los Angeles County ⓘ
sentence life imprisonment ⓘ
spentTimeInPrison approximately 27 years ⓘ
spouse Ashaki ⓘ
subjectOf COINTELPRO operations against the Black Panther Party ⓘ
FBI surveillance ⓘ
documentaries about COINTELPRO and the Black Panther Party ⓘ
numerous articles on wrongful conviction ⓘ
wasAwarded Bronze Star ⓘ
linked to: Bronze Star Medal

Purple Heart ⓘ
Silver Star ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Black Panther Party → hasMember → Geronimo Pratt ⓘ
Geronimo Pratt → alsoKnownAs → Geronimo ji-Jaga Pratt ⓘ
linked to: Geronimo Pratt
People v. Pratt → hasDefendant → Geronimo Pratt ⓘ
Julius Butler → testifiedAgainst → Geronimo Pratt ⓘ
Ashaki → spouse → Geronimo Pratt ⓘ
Geronimo ji Jaga → alsoKnownAs → Geronimo Pratt ⓘ