Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt, born on this day in 1947, was a decorated military veteran and a high-ranking associate of the Black Panther Party in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He moved to Los Angeles, where he studied at UCLA under the GI Bill and began working with the Black Panther Party. Pratt was also a target of the FBI's COINTEL program, which sought to subvert black power movements.
In 1972, Pratt was wrongfully convicted for murder and served 27 years in prison, eight of which were in solitary confinement. Pratt was freed in 1997 when his conviction was vacated due to the prosecution concealing wiretaps that proved he was not at the scene of the murder.
"You can't look back twenty-seven years and say it was a lost. I’m still living. I run about five miles every morning, and I can still bench press 300 pounds ten times. I can give you ten reps. Also I hope I'm a little more intelligent and I'm not crazy. It's a hell of a gain that I survived."
- Geronimo Pratt
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For some reason this is playing out as Oblivion npc dialogue in my head.
Ah, good afternoon!
Hi.
Have you heard of the mage's guild?
No, I haven't.
Good day!
Bye.
With this music playing, right?
Wouldn't be Oblivion without it.
But for real I was just stretching my upper back cause it was sore and older guy was like "Tired, huh? What a game, am I right?" And I was like??? Because who starts a football convo with a stranger?
I'm a nice person who doesn't like conflict so I'd just be like "yeah, heh heh, sports team really played well!" while wishing the person would just walk away.
Ugh, that was meeee, :shatter: but after a bit he stopped.
But I still had to drink my coffee in the dining hall, so after a minute of not talking guy was like "Coffee, huh? I need at least 20 cups of that to get through the day, har har har."
Like my dude you're being relatable and under different circumstances I could see having a short chat but I'm still shook at some stranger talking to me because he saw me stretch.
He did point it out to me when I nearly left my water bottle behind, so he wasn't a bad dude or anything though