Video After The Jump
Ramsey Orta, you may not know his name, but you would recognize his voice. He's the man who filmed his friend Eric Garner being arrested and provided commentary throughout.
In the wake of a Staten Island grand jury deciding not to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo in Garner's death, we're reminded that Orta was indicted in a separate case.
The 22-year old was arrested on August 2, less than three weeks after the July 17 incident involving Garner. Police claim Orta was outside the Hotel Richmond when he stuffed an unloaded .25 caliber pistol into the waistband of 17-year old Alba Lekaj.
Orta says his arrest was in retaliation for the Garner video.
“When they searched me, they didn’t find nothing on me,” Orta said, according to the International Business Times. “And the same cop that searched me, he told me clearly himself, that karma’s a bitch, what goes around comes around."
Orta entered a not guilty plea in the case, however it was revealed on Friday, November 30, that he indicted for single felony counts of third-degree criminal weapon possession and criminal firearm possession. He's also accused of misdemeanor weapon possession, according to SI Live.
Ramsey Orta's wife denounces his indictment
Lakaj was not charged in the case.
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