Raw Story – by ARTURO GARCIAWhile a Staten Island grand jury decided on Wednesday not to indict the New York City police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner, prosecutors were able to secure an indictment against the man who filmed the fatal encounter.
As the Staten Island Advance reported, 22-year-old Ramsey Orta was indicted this past August, 13 days after being arrested and charged with charged with felony counts of third-degree criminal weapon possession and criminal firearm possession.
Authorities argued that Orta stuffed an unloaded gun inside 17-year-old Alba Lekaj’s waistband outside a hotel. But Orta has said that the charges against him were trumped up as retaliation for filming Garner being grabbed from behind by Officer Daniel Pantaleo. The city’s medical examiner determined that Garner’s death was a “homicide by chokehold.”
“When they searched me, they didn’t find nothing on me,” Ortasaid to the Advance regarding his arrest. “And the same cop that searched me, he told me clearly himself, that karma’s a b*tch, what goes around comes around,” Orta said, adding later, “I had nothing to do with this. I would be stupid to walk around with a gun after me being in the spotlight.”
Orta had two other cases against him pending at the time of his indictment, including charges of robbery and hitting a man who was collecting bottles outside his home.
Just before Orta’s indictment, his wife, 30-year-old Chrissie Ortiz, was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault for allegedly attacking another woman. Ortiz had also called the charges against him “total B.S.”
“It’s obvious what they’re doing: they’re trying to shut him up,” Ortiz said at the time of her husband’s indictment. “They’re trying to keep him away. They’re trying to find anything to crucify him. They’re bringing up his past, when they should be bringing up the officer’s past, who committed this murder.”
Been threw that by the police in America. They are experts at this. The Grand Frame up to cover themselfs and you complain as a good citizen they are out to put a gun to your head. Still complain theywill try to murder you in America. They fail in doing that. They will let you know there gang buddies will be out to drive by you. Then you have to think of others were you live and there safety and flee America as a public service. Such are the American police.
Yep. I’ve experienced that first hand with the Round Rock police department.
I’m certain it’s merely a coincidence that this came right on the heels of the Ferguson decision.
“Protests shut down the streets in NY”
“Justice department opens investigation into Eric Garner death”
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2014/dec/03/eric-garner-staten-island-chokehold-death
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/12/03/live-coverage-protesters-flood-new-york-city-streets-following-eric-garner-grand-jury-decision/
http://rt.com/usa/211255-eric-garner-chokehold-death-protests/
Didn’t see any flaming cop cars.
Bummer.
Typical.