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 | 1 |
| Geronimo ji-Jaga Pratt | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2165439 — 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.
Target entity: Geronimo Pratt Context triple: [Black Panther Party, hasMember, Geronimo Pratt]
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Harlan "Mountain" McClintock
Harlan "Mountain" McClintock is a washed-up professional boxer struggling with identity, dignity, and purpose after his fighting career ends in the drama "Requiem for a Heavyweight."
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B.
Charles Ora Card
Charles Ora Card was a 19th-century Latter-day Saint leader and colonizer best known for leading Mormon settlers to southern Alberta, Canada, where he established the community that became Cardston.
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C.
Louie L. Wainwright
Louie L. Wainwright was the Director of the Florida Division of Corrections who became historically notable as the named state official in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright, which established the right to counsel for indigent defendants.
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D.
Walter Darre
Walter Darré was a leading Nazi official and ideologue of "blood and soil" agrarianism who served as Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture and was later tried as a war criminal after World War II.
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E.
Enos Loveland
Enos Loveland was an early settler and prominent local figure after whom the community of Loveland, Iowa, was named.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Geronimo Pratt Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Harlan "Mountain" McClintock
Harlan "Mountain" McClintock is a washed-up professional boxer struggling with identity, dignity, and purpose after his fighting career ends in the drama "Requiem for a Heavyweight."
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B.
Charles Ora Card
Charles Ora Card was a 19th-century Latter-day Saint leader and colonizer best known for leading Mormon settlers to southern Alberta, Canada, where he established the community that became Cardston.
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C.
Louie L. Wainwright
Louie L. Wainwright was the Director of the Florida Division of Corrections who became historically notable as the named state official in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright, which established the right to counsel for indigent defendants.
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D.
Walter Darre
Walter Darré was a leading Nazi official and ideologue of "blood and soil" agrarianism who served as Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture and was later tried as a war criminal after World War II.
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E.
Enos Loveland
Enos Loveland was an early settler and prominent local figure after whom the community of Loveland, Iowa, was named.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Vietnam War veteran
ⓘ
human ⓘ political activist ⓘ wrongfully convicted person ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Geronimo ji Jaga
ⓘ
Geronimo ji Jaga ⓘ
surface form:
Geronimo ji-Jaga
Geronimo Pratt ⓘ
surface form:
Geronimo ji-Jaga Pratt
|
| associatedWith |
FBI COINTELPRO operations
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Bureau of Investigation COINTELPRO program
|
| birthName | Elmer Pratt ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Louisiana
ⓘ
surface form:
Louisiana, United States
|
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| charge | murder of Caroline Olsen ⓘ |
| conflict | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| convictedBy |
Los Angeles County Superior Court
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles County court
|
| convictionStatus | overturned ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1947-09-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfConviction | 1972 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2011-06-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfExoneration | 1997 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| 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 of America
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
|
| placeOfBirth | Morgan City, Louisiana, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tanzania ⓘ |
| placeOfDetention |
Folsom State Prison
ⓘ
San Quentin State Prison ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology |
Black nationalism
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revolutionary socialism ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Deputy Minister of Defense of the Black Panther Party ⓘ |
| reasonForOverturningConviction |
prosecutorial misconduct
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unreliable informant testimony ⓘ withholding exculpatory evidence ⓘ |
| receivedSettlementAmount |
$2,750,000
ⓘ
$4,500,000 ⓘ |
| receivedSettlementFrom |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Los Angeles
Los Angeles County ⓘ |
| sentence | life imprisonment ⓘ |
| spentTimeInPrison | approximately 27 years ⓘ |
| spouse | Ashaki ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
COINTELPRO operations against the Black Panther Party
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FBI surveillance ⓘ documentaries about COINTELPRO and the Black Panther Party ⓘ numerous articles on wrongful conviction ⓘ |
| wasAwarded |
Bronze Star Medal
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surface form:
Bronze Star
Purple Heart ⓘ Silver Star ⓘ |
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Subject: Geronimo Pratt Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
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