Eric Garner's Chokhold Death has rocked the NYPD to its core and stirred up more accusations against the force with the arrest of the man who filmed it.
According to the NY Daily News, Staten Island man Ramsey Orta was arrested  yesterday for possession of gun , While police claim Orta passed the.25-caliber Norton semi-automatic to a teenager, Orta says the police not only set up the arrest, but have been harassing him ever since it was revealed he was the man behind the chokehold camera.   Ramsey Orta said the police officers who charged him with gun possession have been following him ever since it was revealed that he took the footage of 43-year-old Eric Garner’s death that caused nationwide outrage.     “They lying on me, they doing me wrong,” an anguished Orta said. Speaking by phone after his arraignment in Staten Island Criminal Court, Orta said when the officers busted him Saturday they “started videotaping me before I even went to the precinct.”     “I said, ‘Excuse me officer, you’re violating my rights now’,” he said. “That’s when (one of the officers) said, ‘Shut your mouth,’ and ‘karma’s a bitch. What goes around comes around.'”
Police say their radar was already on Orta due to his long rap sheet. Many of his arrests involved marijuana possession, while two were for gun possession.   Orta, 22, is no stranger to trouble, sources said. He has been arrested 27 times since 2009 for offenses ranging from fare evasion and pot possession to a robbery in May. He was also busted twice for gun possession and in January 2013 he was charged with menacing with a gun.
The teen also involved in the arrest was charged with marijuana possession and later released. Alba Lekaj says she had no idea what was going on when Orta handed her the gun.   Reached at her Tompkinsville home, Lekaj insisted she too was innocent and that Orta – a man she claims to barely know – gave her the gun.   “I was in the wrong place at the wrong time,” she said. “My side of what happened was I had no clue of what was going on. No clue. No clue.”
Orta, who allegedly suffered a panic attack before his arraignment, pled not guilty to the charges. His bail is currently set at $75,000.