Ramsey Orta
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Ramsey Orta is a member of Copwatch in New York City who filmed the death of Eric Garner on July 17, 2014.[1] Following a campaign of police harassment after the video went viral,[2][3][4][5] in 2016 he was sentenced to four years in prison for weapons and drug charges after accepting a plea deal for which the prosecutor agreed to drop charges against his mother.[6][7][8][9] He is serving his time in the Groveland Correctional Facility.[10][11][12]
References
- ^ Wing, Nick (December 3, 2014). "A Grand Jury Did Indict One Person Involved In Eric Garner's Killing -- The Man Who Filmed It". The Huffington Post.
- ^ Goodman, J. David (August 3, 2014). "Man Who Filmed Fatal Police Chokehold Is Arrested on Weapons Charges". The New York Times.
- ^ Lewis, Taylor (April 13, 2015). "Man who filmed Eric Garner's death released from jail". Essence. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
- ^ Sanburn, Josh. "The Witness: One year after filming Eric Garner's fatal confrontation with police, Ramsey Orta's life has been upended". Time.
- ^ "Ramsey Orta, Man Who Filmed NYPD Chokehold of Eric Garner, Is Released from Jail". DemocracyNow. April 13, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
- ^ Mathias, Christopher (September 1, 2016). "He Filmed The Death Of Eric Garner. Now He's Getting Ready To Spend 4 Years In Prison: Ramsey Orta, who says he's still haunted by Garner's death, thinks the NYPD is out for revenge". Huffington Post.
- ^ Mathias, Christopher (October 5, 2016). "The Man Who Filmed the Eric Garner Video is Behind Bars". Huffington Post.
- ^ Jones, Chloé Cooper (March 13, 2019). "Fearing for His Life: Ramsey Orta filmed the killing of Eric Garner. The video traveled far, but it wouldn't get justice for his dead friend. Instead, the NYPD would exact their revenge through targeted harassment and eventually imprisonment — Orta's punishment for daring to show the world police brutality". The Verge.
- ^ Brown, Stephen Rex (January 20, 2019). "Man who filmed death of Eric Garner will be first witness in NYPD trial of cop who used chokehold". New York Daily News.
- ^ Hamilton, Alec (October 4, 2018). "Life After 'I Can't Breathe'". WNYC.
- ^ "Ramsey Orta in Solitary Confinement After Testifying Against Officer Daniel Pantaleo". San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center. May 18, 2019.
- ^ Muhammad, Latifah (March 15, 2019). "Ramsey Orta, Man Who Recorded Eric Garner's Death, Fears For His Life In Prison". Vibe.
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