Ramsey Orta

Ramsey Orta filmed the killing of Eric Garner in New York City on July 17, 2014.[1] His video spurred protests and debate over city police procedure.[2] 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] He was released in May 2020.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Goodman, J. David (August 3, 2014). "Man Who Filmed Fatal Police Chokehold Is Arrested on Weapons Charges". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
  3. ^ Lewis, Taylor (April 13, 2015). "Man who filmed Eric Garner's death released from jail". Essence. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
  4. ^ Sanburn, Josh. "The Witness: One year after filming Eric Garner's fatal confrontation with police, Ramsey Orta's life has been upended". Time.
  5. ^ "Ramsey Orta, Man Who Filmed NYPD Chokehold of Eric Garner, Is Released from Jail". DemocracyNow. April 13, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
  6. ^ Cooper Jones, Chloé (March 13, 2019). "He filmed the killing of Eric Garner—and the police punished him for it". The Verge. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Mathias, Christopher (October 5, 2016). "The Man Who Filmed the Eric Garner Video is Behind Bars". Huffington Post.