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Fearing for his life: Ramsey Orta filmed the killing of Eric Garner, so the police punished him

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  1. alyaza
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    this article is a few months old now, but it's only been a few days since the dude who killed eric garner with a procedure against the NYPD's policies got off of what would have been federal...

    this article is a few months old now, but it's only been a few days since the dude who killed eric garner with a procedure against the NYPD's policies got off of what would have been federal charges (and therefore only has to worry about keeping his job as a member of the NYPD--which yes, he still has) so i figure this article is still topical. as it happens, the person who filmed garner's death, ramsey orta, has faced significantly more punishment than garner's killer. the retribution against him since he was arrested for ostensibly unrelated reasons has been pretty severe, ranging from the usual fare of being singled out by corrections officers for ticketing in prison to attempts at poisoning him with rat poison. kinda insane, and very normal.

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