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http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loca...YC-Police-Chokehold-Sues-City--388476262.html

The New York City man whose cellphone video captured the fatal police chokehold of unarmed black man Eric Garner is suing the city for $10 million over a drug arrest that he says was police retaliation.

Ramsey Orta was arrested last June after authorities say he sold an undercover officer $40 worth of the party drug known as Molly. The charges were later dropped.

Lawyer Andrew Plasse tells the Daily News Orta feels he was "unjustly singled out for arrest." The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court claims it was an effort by the NYPD to "discredit" Orta's video.

Sprinkle crack on my body if old.

Edit: Thanks Kurdel for the extra source.

The other charges the OPs source forgot to mention :

Orta, 26, is now laying low with his wife in Las Vegas, waiting to report to court Oct. 3 for sentencing on gun possession and drug charges that did stick.

[...]

Two weeks after filming Garner's death from a police choke hold, Orta was arrested on Staten Island on charges of possessing a .25 caliber Norton semiautomatic handgun. Six months later, he was caught selling heroin to an undercover cop.

 

[Transistor]

It is pretty odd that the charges were dropped on the charge....

 

[Kurdel]

It is pretty odd that the charges were dropped on the charge....

The other charges the OPs source forgot to mention :

Orta, 26, is now laying low with his wife in Las Vegas, waiting to report to court Oct. 3 for sentencing on gun possession and drug charges that did stick.

[...]

Two weeks after filming Garner's death from a police choke hold, Orta was arrested on Staten Island on charges of possessing a .25 caliber Norton semiautomatic handgun. Six months later, he was caught selling heroin to an undercover cop.

 

[Geist-]

The other charges the OPs source forgot to mention :

I'll add that to the OP.

 

[Guevara]

I can believe the cops are looking at him hard, but it also sounds like he really is carrying drugs and guns.

 

[Transistor]

The other charges the OPs source forgot to mention :

Ah, that seems to make more sense. Thanks.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

good

the NYPD have been harassing him like hell since then

hope he cleans house

 

[dave is ok]

His favorite play in Madden must be a hail mary

 

[Gordon Shumway]

On the bright side, his record is long enough that we can ignore this ONE thing..it's ok. I'm sure we'll see some say just as much here. Let's watch..