New York Post

CALL REV. AL

Demand after gun bust by felon who made choke video

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Ramsey Orta (right ), who videotaped the eadly police chokehold encoun-ter with Eric Garner, told his own wife, “Call A Sharpton right away” after being busted fo or gun possession Saturday night.

“Here’s their star witness, and he’s nothing but a criminal him self ,” a police source said of Orta, a felon with 25 arrests.

Aug. 2, 2014:

possession after Charged allegedly wiith stuffing gun a .25-caliber pistol into thee waistband of a teenage girl as copss approached them outside a Staten Issland hotel.

May 4, 2014: Charged with robbery, menacing and weapon possesssio­n after cops say he brandished a boxcutter to steal $10 from a

28-year-old manan on Staten Island.

June 15, 2013: Charged with gun possession and menacing after allegedly waving a handgun while threatenin­g to kill a 25-year-old woman and her kids on Staten Island.

Aug. 3, 2012: Charged with assault after allegedly attacking a teenage girl on Staten Island.

Nov. 12, 2011: Charged with drug sale and possession for allegedly selling narcotics to an undercover cop on Staten Island.

Oct. 18, 2011: Charged with criminal possession of stolen property after cops say he drove a stolen 2008 Hyundai Elantra on Staten Island; also charged with driving without a license and unauthoriz­ed use of a motor vehicle.

May 27, 2009: Charged with assaulting a 22-year-old man in the East Village.

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 ??  ?? Ramsey Orta (left), who captured the arrest of Eric Garner (right) on his cellphone, instructed his wife to “call Al Sharpton” (inset) after he got busted himself for allegedly carrying this handgun.
Ramsey Orta (left), who captured the arrest of Eric Garner (right) on his cellphone, instructed his wife to “call Al Sharpton” (inset) after he got busted himself for allegedly carrying this handgun.
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