Ramsey Orta Explained

Ramsey Orta
Birth Date:1991 or 1992[1]
Birth Place:New York, New York, U.S.
Known For:Filming the killing of Eric Garner.

Ramsey Orta is an American man who filmed the killing of Eric Garner in New York City on July 17, 2014.[2] His video spurred protests and debate over city police procedure.[3] Following a campaign of police harassment after the video went viral,[4] [5] [6] Orta has expressed regret in filming the incident.[7] In 2016, Orta 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.[8] [9] [10] He was released in May 2020.

Imprisonment

Following his taping of Garner's death, Orta was arrested multiple times. He pled guilty to drug and gun charges in 2016 and received a four-year prison sentence.[11] Orta was transferred multiple times during his imprisonment. He was last in solitary confinement in Collins Correctional Facility.[12] Orta was released in May 2020 and was under court supervision until January 2022.[13] [14] A crowdfunding campaign raised over $200,000 for Orta.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ehrlich . Brenna . 2020-06-08 . Ramsey Orta, Man Who Filmed Eric Garner's Arrest, Has Been Released From Prison . 2024-10-20 . Rolling Stone . en-US.
  2. Web site: A Grand Jury Did Indict One Person Involved In Eric Garner's Killing -- The Man Who Filmed It. Nick. Wing. The Huffington Post. December 3, 2014.
  3. News: Goodman . J. David . Man Who Filmed Fatal Police Chokehold Is Arrested on Weapons Charges . . 2014-08-03 . en-US . 0362-4331 . mdy-all .
  4. News: Lewis. Taylor. April 13, 2015. Man who filmed Eric Garner's death released from jail. Essence. April 17, 2015.
  5. Web site: The Witness: One year after filming Eric Garner's fatal confrontation with police, Ramsey Orta's life has been upended. Josh. Sanburn. Time.
  6. News: April 13, 2015. Ramsey Orta, Man Who Filmed NYPD Chokehold of Eric Garner, Is Released from Jail . DemocracyNow. April 17, 2015.
  7. Web site: Sanburn . Josh . How Filming Eric Garner Changed Ramsey Orta's Life Forever . 2024-10-20 . Time.
  8. Web site: Cooper Jones . Chloé . Chloe Cooper Jones . 2019-03-13 . He filmed the killing of Eric Garner—and the police punished him for it . 2020-09-06 . . en . mdy-all.
  9. Web site: 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. Christopher. Mathias. Huffington Post. September 1, 2016.
  10. News: The Man Who Filmed the Eric Garner Video is Behind Bars. Huffington Post. October 5, 2016. Mathias. Christopher.
  11. Web site: Mark . Michelle . The police officer who fatally choked Eric Garner has been fired. The guy who filmed it is still in prison. . Insider . 2019-08-20 . 2020-09-06 . mdy-all .
  12. Web site: Johnson . Stephon . Ramsey Orta in and out of solitary confinement, abused by officers . New York Amsterdam News . 2020-01-02 . 2020-09-06 . mdy-all .
  13. Ehrlich . Brenna . Ramsey Orta, Man Who Filmed Eric Garner's Arrest, Has Been Released From Prison . Rolling Stone . 2020-06-08 . en-US . 2020-09-06 . mdy-all .
  14. Web site: Chung . Jen . Ramsey Orta, Who Filmed The Police Killing Of Eric Garner, Released From Prison . Gothamist . 2020-06-09 . en . 2020-09-06 . mdy-all . September 30, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200930120945/https://gothamist.com/news/ramsey-orta-who-filmed-police-killing-eric-garner-released-prison . dead .

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