Showing posts with label NYPD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NYPD. Show all posts

Friday, April 3, 2015

Ramsey Is In Prison Simply Because He Filmed The NYPD Murder Of Eric Garner

Ramsey Orta filmed the NYPD murder of Eric Garner and has been harassed ever since. He has been unjustly charged many times and is currently in prison on trumped up charges.



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Sunday, August 3, 2014

Protect bystanders who record police

In other states, including Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Florida, courts have explicitly recognized that citizens have a First Amendment right to record police officers. Those rulings do not cover New York. In filing the lawsuit, I hope to officially establish a constitutional right to record police — so that New Yorkers don’t need to rely on a policy that can be easily changed. I also hope to require the NYPD to train its police force to respect bystanders with cameras — and to make it easier to sue the police when they abuse their authority
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