Above Photo: From CHRISTOPHER MATHIAS/THE HUFFINGTON POST
Ramsey Orta, who says police have targeted him since Garner’s death, has been sentenced to four years in prison.
The man who filmed the final moments of Eric Garner’s life is behind bars.
Ramsey Orta, 24, told his family “It will be OK” in a Staten Island courthouse Monday, according to the New York Daily News, as a judge sentenced him to four years in prison. The sentence is the result of a plea deal Orta took earlier this summer on drug and gun charges.
As Orta was put in handcuffs, a group of his supporters held up signs and chanted: “No justice, no peace! Fuck these racist police!”
On Sunday, Orta tweeted a picture of him holding his young daughter. He captioned the photo with a message to her.
I swear to every bone in my body I’ll make it back home to you my love!! pic.twitter.com/j5irIlw8ZP
— Ramsey Orta (@RamseyOrta) October 3, 2016
In another tweet, Orta offered a message of defiance:
FUCK WHITE SUPREMACIST, FUCK THE SYSTEM, FUCK THE GOVERNMENT, FUCK THE JUDGES, FUCK THE PIGS, FUCK THE KKK, & FUCK MY TROLLS!!