#ramseyorta

[constellationstar45]

Fearing for his life Ramsey Orta filmed the killing of Eric Garner. The video traveled far, but it wouldn’t get justice for his dead friend. Instead, the NYPD would exact their revenge through targeted harassment and eventually imprisonment—Orta’s punishment for daring to show the world police brutality. They arrested him. They put rat poison in his food. He stopped eating their food. They destroyed the food he bought from vending machines. They beat him. They told him to kill himself. They tried to kill him. He is set to be released July 11th. https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/13/18253848/eric-garner-footage-ramsey-orta-police-brutality-killing-safety #ramseyorta #ericgarner #newyorkcity #blacklivesmatter #Blacklivesmatter✊✊✊✊✊✊ (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBLYwT6DKIB/?igshid=1lpc0imek0359

[galejklol]

Asylum seekers trapped in crowded concentration camps can’t physically distance. Political prisoners can’t just stay home. Therefore, making sure we took all possible precautions, today @resistancecompany and I went down to the governor’s office, and we took back what he stole from them, took back their dignity, and took back their humanity. Now he’s under my feet, under your feet, under their feet, under OUR feet. Ain’t gonna let no system walk all over us. ✊🏴💥📢🚙⚡️ . In solidarity with @cosechanyc @cosecha_harvest and @closethecampsnyc, we DEMAND that @nygovcuomo release all immigrants being unjustly held in detention centers, and all prisoners trapped in cages, especially our hero #RamseyOrta, before these prisons and camps become literal death houses! All human beings deserve healthcare, respect, and a chance to live! . #FreeThemAll #CloseTheCamps #AbolishICE #elpueblounido #immigrantsarewelcomehere #freeramsey #freeallpoliticalprisoners . 🎨: @reluctant_hero1, who made the amazing Close The Camps sign 🖼 (at 366 3rd Avenue, New York. Office Of Gov Cuomo) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Y7D0hg1G5QKqEegXEA_CDs5HQo0UA9ujEZKY0/?igshid=1xlrd75tbz9ju

[flyyrxpop]

“In February 2015, Orta had been arrested and sent to Rikers Island. At intake, everyone knew his name. He told me the COs taunted him about the Garner video. “You’re ours now,” he claims they said. “Not so tough without your camera.” • The threats continued. When his cell block was put on lockdown, his anxiety spiked. Lockdown meant Orta was restricted from participating in the preparation of his own food. On March 3rd, 2015, Orta’s cell block was served a meal of corn, cabbage, bread, juice, and meatloaf. He didn’t touch it. He’d fallen ill a few times after eating the food at Rikers and was convinced he was being targeted and poisoned. • “Eat, inmate,” a CO commanded, banging Orta’s cell with a baton. The guards were all standing too close, watching too intently as the others ate. This kind of attention was unusual. He saw others from his cell block staring down into their meatloaf, forks frozen in midair. “We’re not going anywhere until you eat,” a CO said and entered Orta’s cell. He hit Orta with his baton, hurled slurs, promised a citation for refusing orders. “How many days in SHU you want?” • Orta rattles his chair as he tells me this part of the story. “He tried to bend me up,” he says, then shows me how, miming his arms being twisted behind his back. • Some of the prisoners had eaten everything quickly, and now they had strange looks on their faces. Orta could see a man in a nearby cell. He opened his mouth and Orta leaned forward to hear what he had to say, but instead of words, blood flowed from the man’s parted lips. He was vomiting blood. Others were vomiting blood; some were on the floor of their cells, clawing at their own bodies....” - @chloecooperjones • • the scariest part about this story is that it’s not a movie, a book or an old tale about the past. this is happening right now, today, in OUR world.💔 • • what are we doing to make this place better than how we found it? • • • • • • • • • • • #ripericgarner #ramseyorta #icantbreathe #justice #injustice #2020election #flyyrxpopulationxpodcast #podcast #podcasts #fortheculture #hiphopblog #mentality #mentalhealthmatters #media #flyyrxpopulation #theverge #worldpeace #commUNITYovercompetition (at United States) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvPOlqhFPaA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1kasgrdfub5kw

[upuppityandaway]

#RepostSave @brooklynbutter with @repostsaveapp ・・・ I do read, ok. For this week's #blackagendareport on #blackagendaradio (Link in the bio, 25:40) I am blessed, honored and ecstatic to also be chronicled in the same package as the illustrious, prolific, masterful #mumiaabujamal #politicalprisoner who wrote the forward to this book. Write someone behind the wall. Don't forget them. #peacetothegods #God7 #prison #jail #howtoguide #dosanddonts #survivalofthefittest #itdoeshavefunnyparts #isthisbookbannedontheinside #googlebooks #prisonradio #ramseyorta #abolitionnow #swipeitforward #whyaccountability #iwoc #iww (at Southwest Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia)

[audio-sexual]

Heads up

I’ve seen a lot of support for #RamseyOrta who was jailed (in retaliation ) for filming the murder of #EricGarner & exposing cops. He’s recently been released & people want to assist him...however, he is an abuser and stalker. His wife is speaking up. While we acknowledge that cops are a most unnecessary evil & hate what was done to Orta...

Direct your energy & funds to the victim of his abuse, Jessica Orta.

^link to thread with video

[stawpp]

Write to Ramsey Orta.  How you can help.

Please read the very important general guidelines for writing and sending books to inmates.

https://oppenpal.wordpress.com/guidelines/

The guidelines explain what can or can't be sent or written to an inmate.  Facilities have sent back or destroyed letters and books.

A full name and return address are required on the envelope.

You can send a postcard to an inmate in the United States right from your computer, tablet, or phone.  Fees apply.  https://www.flikshop.com/

Please do not include money or extra stamps in your letters.  The inmate will not receive them.  To help with an inmate's legal defense fund or to donate to their commissary fund where they can buy stamps and other items, ask the group supporting the inmate for more information.  More information on how to donate to an inmate's commissary fund can be found at https://oppenpal.wordpress.com/guidelines/.

Many facilities only accept paperback books and magazines.  They have to be shipped directly from a publisher or bookseller, such as Amazon.  You can ask the inmate which books they would prefer reading if a wishlist is not available.

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PLEASE also read these VERY important guidelines when writing, donating, or sending books to ANY prisoner in the United States or they might not receive them.

https://stawpp.tumblr.com/post/178059776664/changes-coming-soon-to-federal-prisons

(UPDATE:  December 12, 2018 - Ramsey was moved again)

Ramsey Orta, 16A4200 Groveland Correctional Facility 7000 Sonyea Road P.O. Box 50 Sonyea, New York 14556-0050

Birthday:  September 18th

Support Account:  @WeCopwatch

Hashtags:  #FreeRamseyOrta #PINAC #EricGarner #WeCopWatch #CopWatch #BlackLivesMatter

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Donate:   You can donate directly to Ramsey using his Paypal OfficialRamseyOrta@gmail.com

https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/send-money-online

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You can send food packages to Ramsey.  @WeCopWatch has an Amazon wishlist that has food items that the jail accepts.

https://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/VHMANI5NZT5L

You can also send Ramsey books.  He loves to read political work, know-your-rights books, history books, etc.  Books shipped directly from a publisher or bookseller, such as Amazon.

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https://www.facebook.com/SupportRamseyOrta/

http://wecopwatch.org/ramseyorta/

More information at: http://wecopwatch.org/ramsey-needs-support/

Ramsey needs legal support. He has been cut, harassed, and put into solitary confinement. If you are a lawyer, and can make welfare phone calls, or are interested in helping support Ramsey with a few issues that he is dealing with behind bars, please contact us at WeCopwatch@protonmail.com

We send pictures to Ramsey. Feel free to take a picture with a sign, and email it to us a WeCopwatch@protonmail.com and we’ll be sure to put it in the mail.

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(Newer articles are at the bottom.)

October 06, 2016 - Ramsey Orta Is Now In Prison. Is This What Happens To Copwatchers? http://www.thefader.com/2016/10/06/ramsey-orta-is-now-in-prison-is-this-what-happens-to-copwatchers

August 24, 2017 - Ramsey Orta is still behind bars.  Here’s how you can support him.  Write Ramsey a letter here.  Let him know you support him. http://wecopwatch.org/supportingramsey/

September 5, 2017 - Ramsey Orta Speaks On Aftermath Of Filming Eric Garner’s Murder In New Documentary. http://www.whodiniz.com/ramsey-orta-speaks-on-aftermath-of-filming-eric-garners-death-in-new-documentary/

October 29, 2017 - Ramsey Orta beaten by guards, thrown in solitary as retaliation for filming Eric Garner murder. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ramsey-orta-jail-guards-beat-eric-garner-death-video-article-1.3596164

October 30, 2017 - 'I fear for my life': Eric Garner's friend Ramsey Orta who filmed his chokehold death says he's been beaten by prison guards and thrown in solitary as retaliation. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5030205/Ramsey-Orta-claims-prison-guards-target-him.html

November 8, 2017 - Ramsey Orta Can’t Breathe:  The only one punished since Eric Garner's killing is the citizen-journalist who recorded it. http://fair.org/home/ramsey-orta-cant-breathe/

November 13, 2017 - Media Who Went to Bat for Shut-Out Critics Should Also Stand Up for Targeted Copwatchers. https://fair.org/home/media-who-went-to-bat-for-shut-out-critics-should-also-stand-up-for-targeted-copwatchers/

November 26, 2017 - Ramsey Orta is Catching Hell http://wecopwatch.org/ramsey-orta-is-catching-hell/

January 31, 2018 - Ramsey Orta has been put into the SHU (Special Housing Unit) for 60 days. http://wecopwatch.org/ramsey-orta-put-shu-special-housing-unit-60-days/

[mdbred]

RT @RamseyOrta: Latest update on @RamseyOrta http://bit.ly/2ijSspX

Latest update on @RamseyOrta http://bit.ly/2ijSspX

— Ramsey Orta (@RamseyOrta) December 9, 2016

via Twitter https://twitter.com/893cp January 06, 2017 at 11:22AM

[goldiebelleforever]

On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner is choked to death by NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo. 4 yrs later -- Pantaleo has not been held accountable, DOJ never announced results of its federal investigation and the bystander #RamseyOrta who filmed Garner's dying words, "I Can't Breathe" has been jailed. #EricGarner #Icantbreathe #nypd #wewontforget

[shoniquashandai]

Repost from @romanymalco - “Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed the brutal murder of Eric Garner, has been placed in the SHU (Secruity Housing Units, essentially prisons within prisons) for 60 days, the latest in a pattern of targeted harassment and abuse. Orta is currently serving a disgusting four year prison sentence after he was targeted by the NYPD for filming the death of Garner at the hands of the NYPD back in 2014, sparking riots, protests, and uprisings across the US. Garner himself was harassed over selling loose cigarettes, a murderous example of broken windows policing” “Ramsey’s legal support are doing their best, but this abuse is taking a toll on Ramsey, and he needs our support more than ever. We are asking folks to share this post. We are asking folks to write Ramsey and let him know he is not alone. Inmate Mailing Address: Ramsey Orta, 16A4200
Franklin Correctional Facility
P.O. Box 10
Malone, New York 12953-0010 #RamseyOrta 🖤✊🏿 #FreeRamseyOrta

[invadingmars]

This is bullshit! #ramseyOrta #ericgarner #blacklivesmatter

[carnelian5]

#ramseyorta #Kevinmoore #chrisleday #wakeup #blacklivesmatter

[feodome]

"The New Weapon" a piece I did for the Viral show in NY showing support for Ramsey Orta. Thank you to @naticonrazon for inviting me to be a part of the show. #canlovegoviral #ramseyorta #ericgarner #thenewweapon #ftp

[gavinrussom]

Bella Eiko Orta spelling it out at #VIRAL tonight. Bella is #RamseyOrta's wife and partner in struggle. Ramsey recorded the video of Staten Island police murdering #ericgarner and has been targeted and harassed since. Tonight's event brought a whole bunch of people put to support him and witness powerful art, poetry and music. Thanks @naticonrazon #deeptanks and @islastaten for a POWerful message!

[cernone]

Tonight in Staten Island. #CanLoveGoViral donating a special piece. Painted on MLK day in 2015. Proceeds go to #RamseyOrta crowdfunding campaign.

[mdbred]

via Twitter https://twitter.com/893cp