The 22-year-old bystander who filmed Eric Garner’s fatal arrest was arrested Saturday on a charge of gun possession, Staten Live reports. The man, Ramsey Orta, and a teenage woman, identified by police as Alba Lekaj, were arrested about 10 p.m. after leaving a hotel in Staten Island, N.Y., the report says. Read the story here.
UPDATE [August 6, 2014]: The case isn’t over for Ramsey Orta. According to NewsOne, Orta’s wife, Chrisse Ortiz, was arrested on assault charges. Find out more about her case here.
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