Police State Alert: NYPD Target Man Who Only Videotaped Them Choking Man to Death

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he 22-year-old bystander who filmed Eric Garner’s fatal arrest was arrested Saturday on a charge of gun possession, Staten Live reports.

The man, Ramsey Orta, and a teenage woman, identified by police as Alba Lekaj, were arrested about 10 p.m. after leaving a hotel in Staten Island, N.Y., the report says.

The arrests came after officers from the 120th Precinct Narcotics Unit observed the pair leaving the hotel, which is known for drug activity, a New York Police Department spokeswoman told Staten Island Live. As the officers approached the pair for questioning, they reportedly saw Orta place an object in Lekaj's waistband, the spokeswoman told the news site.

The object was identified as “a loaded .25 caliber handgun that had been reported stolen in Michigan in 2007,” the report says.  Officers also found marijuana in Lekaj’s possession, the report says.
Mr. orta's wife emphatically defends her husband, saying although he is not perfect, he did not do any of the things the police alleged he did. Al Sharpton also weighed in, saying he didn't hear anything in Mr. Orta's words that demonized police, as NYPD suggested earlier. The tape speaks for itself, says Sharpton.
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