Julius Butler
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Julius Butler is a former Black Panther Party member who became a controversial police informant and key witness in the wrongful murder conviction of Geronimo Pratt.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Julius Butler canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10401061 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Julius Butler Context triple: [Geronimo Pratt, informantInCase, Julius Butler]
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A.
Thaddeus Bullard
Thaddeus Bullard, better known by his ring name Titus O'Neil, is an American professional wrestler, philanthropist, and former college football player signed to WWE.
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B.
Jules Brown
Jules Brown is one of Doc Emmett Brown’s time-traveling sons who appears in the animated Back to the Future series and related media.
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C.
Julius Harris
Julius Harris was an American character actor best known for his tough, authoritative roles in films of the 1970s and 1980s, including the James Bond movie "Live and Let Die."
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D.
Joseph Burkett
Joseph Burkett is an American defense contractor best known as the husband of journalist and war correspondent Lara Logan.
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E.
Julius Tennon
Julius Tennon is an American actor and film producer known for his work in television and film and for co-founding JuVee Productions with his wife, Viola Davis.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Julius Butler Target entity description: Julius Butler is a former Black Panther Party member who became a controversial police informant and key witness in the wrongful murder conviction of Geronimo Pratt.
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A.
Thaddeus Bullard
Thaddeus Bullard, better known by his ring name Titus O'Neil, is an American professional wrestler, philanthropist, and former college football player signed to WWE.
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B.
Jules Brown
Jules Brown is one of Doc Emmett Brown’s time-traveling sons who appears in the animated Back to the Future series and related media.
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C.
Julius Harris
Julius Harris was an American character actor best known for his tough, authoritative roles in films of the 1970s and 1980s, including the James Bond movie "Live and Let Die."
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D.
Joseph Burkett
Joseph Burkett is an American defense contractor best known as the husband of journalist and war correspondent Lara Logan.
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E.
Julius Tennon
Julius Tennon is an American actor and film producer known for his work in television and film and for co-founding JuVee Productions with his wife, Viola Davis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
1960s
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1970s ⓘ |
| allegedlyBeganInforming | late 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Los Angeles chapter of the Black Panther Party
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linked to:
Black Panther Party
|
| controversy |
credibility of his testimony in Geronimo Pratt’s conviction
ⓘ
failure to disclose his status as an informant to the defense at Geronimo Pratt’s trial ⓘ |
| cooperatedWith |
Federal Bureau of Investigation
ⓘ
Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| describedAs | controversial police informant ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| evidenceType | provided testimony about alleged confession by Geronimo Pratt ⓘ |
| impact | contributed to wrongful conviction later overturned ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
FBI and LAPD surveillance of the Black Panther Party
ⓘ
Geronimo Pratt murder case ⓘ |
| knownFor | covert cooperation with law enforcement while in the Black Panther Party ⓘ |
| legalRole | prosecution witness in a murder trial ⓘ |
| linkedTo | COINTELPRO-era activities against the Black Panther Party ⓘ |
| memberOf | Black Panther Party ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
histories of the Black Panther Party
ⓘ
legal analyses of wrongful convictions in the United States ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role as informant in the Geronimo Pratt murder case
ⓘ
testimony leading to the wrongful conviction of Geronimo Pratt ⓘ |
| occupation | police informant ⓘ |
| positionHeld | deputy minister of information in the Los Angeles Black Panther Party chapter ⓘ |
| role | key prosecution witness in the Geronimo Pratt trial ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
journalistic investigations into FBI and LAPD informants in radical groups
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scholarly discussions of state repression of Black radical movements ⓘ |
| testifiedAgainst | Geronimo Pratt ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Julius Butler Description of subject: Julius Butler is a former Black Panther Party member who became a controversial police informant and key witness in the wrongful murder conviction of Geronimo Pratt.
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