Ramsey Orta#References

{{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

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| birth_date = 1991 or 1992{{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}}

| birth_place = New York, New York, U.S.

| known_for = Filming the killing of Eric Garner.

| occupation =

}}

Ramsey Orta is an American man who filmed the killing of Eric Garner in New York City on July 17, 2014.{{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}} His video spurred protests and debate over city police procedure.{{Cite news |last1=Goodman |first1=J. David |title=Man Who Filmed Fatal Police Chokehold Is Arrested on Weapons Charges |work=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 }} Following a campaign of police harassment after the video went viral,{{r|NYT Goodman}}{{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}}{{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

}}{{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}} Orta has expressed regret in filming the incident.{{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}} 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.{{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 |language=en |df=mdy-all}}{{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}}{{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

}} He was released in May 2020.