Courts: Granted $25,000 bail, former Black Panther, with Attorney Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. is greeted by cheering crowd, including other radical icons of ’60s. June 11, 1997|EDWARD J. BOYER | TIMES STAFF WRITER SANTA ANA — After more than a quarter-century in custody, former Black Panther Party leader Elmer “Geronimo” Pratt strode out of jail Tuesday into […]
By Edward J. Boyer — June 13, 1997 Former Black Panther Party leader Elmer “Geronimo” Pratt’s case did not fit the mold of those the Rev. Jim McCloskey takes on. Pratt was a public figure whose case had attracted any number of high-profile supporters over the years. McCloskey’s Princeton, N.J.-based Centurion Ministries specializes in helping […]
Edward J. Boyer, now retired, covered the Elmer Gerard “Geronimo” Pratt case for The Times. On a clear, chilly December evening 40 years ago, Kenneth Olsen, head of the English department at Belmont High School, and his wife, Caroline, drove to Santa Monica’s Lincoln Park tennis courts to meet another couple for a friendly doubles […]
March 13, 1997|EDWARD J. BOYER | TIMES STAFF WRITER Since he showed up at San Quentin prison 23 years ago, a third-year law student offering to help with appeals, San Francisco attorney Stuart Hanlon has been the constant in former Black Panther Party leader Elmer “Geronimo” Pratt’s persistent efforts to overturn his murder conviction. Other attorneys have […]