# Ramsey Orta

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{{Short description|Filmed the killing of Eric Garner}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ramsey Orta
| image =
| caption = 
| birth_date = 1991 or 1992<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ehrlich |first=Brenna |date=2020-06-08 |title=Ramsey Orta, Man Who Filmed Eric Garner's Arrest, Has Been Released From Prison |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/ramsey-orta-eric-garner-prison-release-1011646/ |access-date=2024-10-20 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>
| birth_place = [New York](/source/New_York_City), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), U.S.
| known_for = Filming the killing of Eric Garner.
| occupation =
}}

'''Ramsey Orta''' is an American man who filmed the [killing of Eric Garner](/source/killing_of_Eric_Garner) in New York City on July 17, 2014.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/03/ramsey-orta-indictment-eric-garner_n_6264746.html
|title=A Grand Jury Did Indict One Person Involved In Eric Garner's Killing -- The Man Who Filmed It
|first=Nick
|last=Wing
|work=The Huffington Post
|date=December 3, 2014}}</ref> His video spurred protests and debate over city police procedure.<ref name="NYT Goodman">{{Cite news |last1=Goodman |first1=J. David |title=Man Who Filmed Fatal Police Chokehold Is Arrested on Weapons Charges |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=2014-08-03 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/04/nyregion/after-recording-eric-garner-chokehold-ramsey-orta-gets-charged-with-gun-possession.html |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Following a campaign of [police harassment](/source/police_harassment) after the video went viral,{{r|NYT Goodman}}<ref>{{cite news
|last=Lewis
|first=Taylor
|date=April 13, 2015
|title=Man who filmed Eric Garner's death released from jail
|url=http://www.essence.com/2015/04/13/man-who-filmed-eric-garners-death-released-jail/
|newspaper=Essence
|accessdate=April 17, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url       = https://time.com/ramsey-orta-eric-garner-video/
| title     = The Witness: One year after filming Eric Garner's fatal confrontation with police, Ramsey Orta's life has been upended
| first     = Josh
| last      = Sanburn
| publisher = Time
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|date=April 13, 2015
|title=Ramsey Orta, Man Who Filmed NYPD Chokehold of Eric Garner, Is Released from Jail |url=http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2015/4/13/ramsey_orta_man_who_filmed_nypd
|newspaper=DemocracyNow
|accessdate=April 17, 2015}}</ref> Orta has expressed regret in filming the incident.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Sanburn |first=Josh |title=How Filming Eric Garner Changed Ramsey Orta's Life Forever |url=https://time.com/ramsey-orta-eric-garner-video/ |access-date=2024-10-20 |magazine=[Time](/source/Time_(magazine))}}</ref> In 2016, Orta was sentenced to four years in prison for weapons and drug charges after accepting a [plea deal](/source/plea_deal) for which the prosecutor agreed to drop charges against his mother.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Cooper Jones |first1=Chloé |author-link=Chloe Cooper Jones |date=2019-03-13 |title=He filmed the killing of Eric Garner—and the police punished him for it |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/13/18253848/eric-garner-footage-ramsey-orta-police-brutality-killing-safety |accessdate=2020-09-06 |work=[The Verge](/source/The_Verge) |language=en |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ramsey-orta-eric-garner_n_57a9edbde4b0aae2a5a15142
|title=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
|first=Christopher
|last=Mathias
|publisher=Huffington Post
|date=September 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news
| url       = https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ramsey-orta-eric-garner_us_57f5019ae4b04c71d6f12ba4
| title     = The Man Who Filmed the Eric Garner Video is Behind Bars
| newspaper = Huffington Post
| date      = October 5, 2016
| last1     = Mathias
| first1    = Christopher
}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Mark |first1=Michelle |title=The police officer who fatally choked Eric Garner has been fired. The guy who filmed it is still in prison. |work=Insider |date=2019-08-20 |url=https://www.insider.com/ramsey-orta-eric-garner-death-video-prison-2019-8 |accessdate=2020-09-06 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Orta was transferred multiple times during his imprisonment. He was last in solitary confinement in [Collins Correctional Facility](/source/Collins_Correctional_Facility).<ref name="Amsterdam solitary">{{Cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Stephon |title=Ramsey Orta in and out of solitary confinement, abused by officers |work=New York Amsterdam News |date=2020-01-02 |url=http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2020/jan/02/ramsey-orta-and-out-solitary-confinement-abused-of/ |accessdate=2020-09-06 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Orta was released in May 2020 and was under court supervision until January 2022.<ref name="RS release">{{Cite magazine |last1=Ehrlich |first1=Brenna |title=Ramsey Orta, Man Who Filmed Eric Garner's Arrest, Has Been Released From Prison |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=2020-06-08 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/ramsey-orta-eric-garner-prison-release-1011646/ |language=en-US |accessdate=2020-09-06 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Chung |first1=Jen |title=Ramsey Orta, Who Filmed The Police Killing Of Eric Garner, Released From Prison |work=Gothamist |date=2020-06-09 |url=https://gothamist.com/news/ramsey-orta-who-filmed-police-killing-eric-garner-released-prison |language=en |accessdate=2020-09-06 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=September 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930120945/https://gothamist.com/news/ramsey-orta-who-filmed-police-killing-eric-garner-released-prison |url-status=dead }}</ref> A [crowdfunding](/source/crowdfunding) campaign raised over $200,000 for Orta.{{r|RS release}}

== References ==

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== Further reading ==

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* {{Cite web |last1=Hamilton |first1=Alec |title=Life After 'I Can't Breathe' |work=WNYC |date=2018-10-04 |url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/life-after-i-cant-breathe/ |language=en |accessdate=2020-09-06 |df=mdy-all }}

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