Ramsey Orta

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,^[3][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.

Ramsey Orta
Born	1991 or 1992[1] New York, New York, U.S.
Known for	Filming the killing of Eric Garner.

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.^[13]

References

1. Ehrlich, Brenna (June 8, 2020). "Ramsey Orta, Man Who Filmed Eric Garner's Arrest, Has Been Released From Prison". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
2. 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.
3. Goodman, J. David (August 3, 2014). "Man Who Filmed Fatal Police Chokehold Is Arrested on Weapons Charges". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
4. Lewis, Taylor (April 13, 2015). "Man who filmed Eric Garner's death released from jail". Essence. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
5. Sanburn, Josh. "The Witness: One year after filming Eric Garner's fatal confrontation with police, Ramsey Orta's life has been upended". Time.
6. "Ramsey Orta, Man Who Filmed NYPD Chokehold of Eric Garner, Is Released from Jail". DemocracyNow. April 13, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
7. Sanburn, Josh. "How Filming Eric Garner Changed Ramsey Orta's Life Forever". Time. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Mathias, Christopher (October 5, 2016). "The Man Who Filmed the Eric Garner Video is Behind Bars". Huffington Post.
11. Mark, Michelle (August 20, 2019). "The police officer who fatally choked Eric Garner has been fired. The guy who filmed it is still in prison". Insider. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
12. Johnson, Stephon (January 2, 2020). "Ramsey Orta in and out of solitary confinement, abused by officers". New York Amsterdam News. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
13. Ehrlich, Brenna (June 8, 2020). "Ramsey Orta, Man Who Filmed Eric Garner's Arrest, Has Been Released From Prison". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
14. Chung, Jen (June 9, 2020). "Ramsey Orta, Who Filmed The Police Killing Of Eric Garner, Released From Prison". Gothamist. Archived from the original on September 30, 2020. Retrieved September 6, 2020.

Further reading

• Hamilton, Alec (October 4, 2018). "Life After 'I Can't Breathe'". WNYC. Retrieved September 6, 2020.