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NEWSFEED TYPE, GERONIMO PRATT, MURDER, JOHNNIE COCHRAN, INTERVIEWS, VIETNAM COMBAT FOOTAGE, BLACK PANTHERS, PRISON YARD
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ELMER GERARD PRATT (INMATE #B40319) CALIFORNIA PRISON WALKS IN A MAXIMUM SECURITY JAIL COURTRYARD. AFRICAN AMERICAN TALL MALE IN BLUE BUTTON DOWN AND BLUE PANTS. SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE FOR MURDER.
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00:00:22 13.43 |
B&W STILL PHOTOS OF PRATT AS A YOUNG BOY
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STIL SHOT OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA WHERE PRATT WAS BORN
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B&W SHOT OF "GERONIMO PRATT" WITH GOTEE AND LEATHER DERBY HAT AS YOUNGER MAN.
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FOOTAGE OF MEN IN UNIFORM HOLDING RIFLES AND SHOOTING DURING VIETNAM
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BLURRY STILL PHOTO OF PRATT IN UNIFORM IN VIETNAM
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00:00:43 34.46 |
MONTAGE OF B&W VIDEO FOOTAGE OF BLACK PANTHER DEMONSTRATIONS
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PRATT ENTERS CONCRETE WALLED ROOM WITH ATTORNEY AND PIRSON GUARDS AND SITS DOWN IN FRONT OF A MIC FOR A PRESS CONFERENCE
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LA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY GILL GARCETTI
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REVEREND JIM MCCLOSKEY SPEADS TO NEWS REPORTERS IN PACKED ROOM (NO AUDIO)
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MCCLOSKEY IN A PACKED COURT ROOM SITS BETWEEN BENNY POWELL AND CLARENCE CHANCE. MCCLOSKEY GETS THEM OUT OF PRISON AFTER 17 YEARS FOR A MURDER THEY DIDN'T COMMIT.
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00:01:20 71.52 |
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN IN COURT AUDIENCE CRIES INTO A TISSUE
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JIM MCCLOSKEY IN BUTTON DOWN SHIRT AND SUSPENDERS BEING INTERVIEWED
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TENNIS COURT IN SANTA MONICA LINCOLN PARK. THE SCENE OF THE WHERE A COUPLE WAS ROBBED AND SHOT ON DECEMBER 18TH 1968
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00:02:06 117.76 |
STILL SHOT OF B&W PHOTO BLOOD SPLATTERED CRIME SCENE
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MUG SHOT OF GIRONIMO PRATT
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INTERVIEW WITH PRATT IN PRISON GARB STATING HIS ALIBI THE NIGHT OF THE ROBBERY/SHOOTING
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PRATT OUTSIDE OF THE PRISON IN THE COURTYARD. OTHER PRISONERS IN THE BACK GROUND
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JOHNNIE COCHRAN IN SUITE BEING INTERVIEWED IN FRONT OF A BOOK CASE. (NO AUDIO)
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FORMER FBI AGENT WESLEY SWEARINGEN IN RED BUTTON DOWN AND BLACK COWBOY HAT. (NO AUDIO)
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STILL SHOTS OF TYPED FBI REQUEST FOR A WIRE TAP OF BLACK PANTHER HEADQUARTERS IN LA
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STILL B&W SHOT BLOOD SPATTERED TENNIS COURT CRIME SCENE. INVESTIGATOR MEASURING.
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B&W SHOT OF POLICEMAN ON MOTOR CYCLE DRIVING DOWN A CALIFORNIA CITY STREET
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EXTERIOR SHOT OF BLACK PANTHER OFFICE IN LA. SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS OUT FRONT. POLICE BARICADES.
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CU OF INTERVIEW OF RETIRED RBI AGENT SWEARINGER (NO AUDIO)
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POLICE ARTIST COMPOSITE SKETCHES OF SHOOTING SUSPECTS
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JOHNNIE COCHRAN BEING INTERVIEWED IN FRONT OF A BOOK CASE
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MUG SHOT OF RONALD PERKINS WHO WAS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY HUSBAND IN TENNIS COURT ROBBERY/SHOOTING CASE.
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JIM MCCLOSKEY BEING INTERVIEWED (NO AUDIO)
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PRATT'S MUG SHOT ALONG WITH OTHER MUG SHOTS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN.
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SWEARINGER IN RED SHIRT AND BLACK COWBOY HAT BEING INTERVIEWED.
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LARGE AFRIACN AMERICAN CHOIR SINGING IN A CHURCH
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JULIUS BUTLER A.M.E CHURCH LEADER. KEY PROSECUTION WITTNESS AGAINST PRATT.
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PHOTO OF LETTER WRITTEN BY JULIUS BUTLER IMPLICATING PRATT
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EXTERIOR SHOT OF 150 POLICE DEPARTMENT - CITY OF LOS ANGELES BUILDING
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CU OF HAND HOLDING A STACK OF PAPERS FLIPPING THROUGH PAGE AFTER PAGE OF FBI DOCUMENTS IMPLICATING BUTLER AS AN FBI INFORMANT. CU STILLS OF DOCUMENTS.
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CU STILL SHOT OF JULIUS BUTLER
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CU TRIAL ATTORNEY COCHRAN
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STILL SHOT OF FORMER DEPUTY DA JUDGE RICHARD KALUSTIAN WHO PROSECUTED PRATT'S CASE.
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FOOTAGE OF ONE OF THE TRIAL JURORS IN HER HOME DRINKING COFFEE. CU INTERVIEW (NO AUDIO)
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PRATT WALKING IN PRISON COURTYARD
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CU OF PRATT BEING INTERVIEWED IN A PRISON CONFERENCE ROOM. (NO AUDIO)
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