'I've been dealing with the police way before Eric Garner and his situation. I've been harassed plenty of times, I've been arrested for the wrong cause plenty of times...'
reports that Ramsey Orta, who recorded the video of Eric Garner being strangled by NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo in 2014, has been released from prison due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Orta's footage gave rise to a global rallying cry,"I can't breathe," based on the words Garner repeated as he was being choked.
"I've been dealing with the police way before Eric Garner and his situation. I've been harassed plenty of times, I've been arrested for the wrong cause plenty of times," Orta said in a 2015 promo video for the group WeCopWatch, a watchdog group that"promotes the non-violent observation of the police. He continued,"Filming the Eric Garner death has changed my life in a major way, both positive and negative.
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