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man who filmed video of Eric Garner's death, charged for allegedly interfering with another arrest
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/man-filmed-viral-eric-garner-video-arrested-article-1.2568044Ramsey Orta — the man who recorded the infamous cellphone video in the Eric Garner chokehold case — has been arrested again, officials said Thursday.
Orta, 24, was videotaping cops making an arrest Wednesday evening on the Lower East Side when, police say, he got too close with his camera.
The drama began when cops stopped a car at E. Houston St. and Baruch Drive about 5:25 p.m. for having defective brake lights, police said.
The driver, Anthony Sainphor, 25, became agitated and was arrested for carrying a fake Delaware non-driver’s ID card.
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Man Imprisoned After Filming Eric Garner’s Death, Refusing to Eat, Rat Poison Found in Jail Food
New York, New York – 22-year-old Ramsey Orta, the young man who filmed the NYPD killing Eric Garner, was arrested shortly after on trumped up charges. He has since been locked up at the notorious Rikers prison in New York.
Immediately following the killing of Eric Garner, Orta was stalked and targeted by police. They allegedly scrutinized Orta’s daily life until they were able to find something to charge him with. Eventually, he was confronted by police who illegally searched him and arrested him for the non-violent crime of carrying an unregistered firearm.
Orta had expressed concern for his safety after his arrest because he was sure that the police were retaliating against him for exposing what they had done to Eric Garner.
While in prison, Orta has taken seemingly drastic measures to ensure that he is not killed by the gang he witnessed murder Eric Garner. Orta has been refusing to eat, as he fears that guards may poison him because he is a high-profile opponent of police brutality. Sadly, Orta’s fears were well-founded. While he has been behind bars at Rikers, dozens of other inmates have reported traces of rat poison in their food, a claim that was actually recently admitted by prison officials.
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