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April 10, 2015

Man Who Filmed Eric Garner's Death to Spend Another Weekend in Jail 
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In New York City, Ramsey Orta, who filmed the police chokehold death of
Eric Garner in Staten Island, will spend another weekend at Rikers
Island jail after a prosecutor demanded scrutiny of donations used to
pay for his bail. Orta's supporters raised nearly $40,000 to pay for his
bail bond so he could be released from Rikers, where is being held on a
drug charge. But Orta's lawyers say the district attorney demanded a
"bail source" hearing to determine if the funds were obtained illegally,
even though they were publicly raised through the website Go Fund Me.
Orta and his family say police have targeted them over Orta's filming of
Garner's death. (Click here to watch Thursday's interview on Democracy
Now! with Ramsey Orta's attorneys and his aunt.)

 

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