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.
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controversy |
credibility of his testimony in Geronimo Pratt’s conviction
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failure to disclose his status as an informant to the defense at Geronimo Pratt’s trial ⓘ |
| cooperatedWith |
Federal Bureau of Investigation
NERFINISHED
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Los Angeles Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs | controversial police informant ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| evidenceType | provided testimony about alleged confession by Geronimo Pratt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impact | contributed to wrongful conviction later overturned ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
FBI and LAPD surveillance of the Black Panther Party
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Geronimo Pratt murder case NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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