Grand Jury indicts guy who filmed police choking Eric

[downtoearth]

WTF? Did we already discuss this and I missed it today?



m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6264746

Basically the GJ indicted the guy who filmed the choke hold that killed Garner.

[runforrest]

Say what now?

[mushmouse]

What was he charged with?

edited - reading your link now, it didn't show up the first time.

[heyjude]

Um. ?

[epphd]

It was on a weapons charge -- though whether it was retribution is less clear.

www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/03/ramsey-orta-indictment-eric-garner_n_6264746.html

...a grand jury indicted Orta on weapons charges stemming from an arrest by undercover officers earlier that month.

Police alleged that Orta had slipped a .25 caliber handgun into a teenage accomplice's waistband outside a New York hotel. Orta testified that the charges were falsely mounted by police in retaliation for his role in documenting Garner's death, but the grand jury rejected his contention, charging him with single felony counts of third-degree criminal weapon possession and criminal firearm possession.

Sigh.

[AJL]

He was indicted for something unrelated to Garner's death or filming the police's actions. www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/03/ramsey-orta-arrested-eric-garner-video_n_5646276.html

[mushmouse]

I'm confused by the confusion? Do you believe the police planted the gun?

[downtoearth]

Dec 4, 2014 19:39:26 GMT -5 AJL said:

He was indicted for something unrelated to Garner's death or filming the police's actions. www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/03/ramsey-orta-arrested-eric-garner-video_n_5646276.html

Yes - It was unrelated to Garner's death. Sorry for the confusion.