[Leaning Right]

The video shooter, Ramsey Orta, is said to have a criminal record. Yet this is a most interesting "coincidence".

[God luvs America]

Orta??? another white hispanic perhaps??

[pallis]

Wait until the video of the cops planting the handgun comes out.

[trisham]

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[WTFOVR]

Well, yeah ... NOW he has a “criminal record” - after some corrupt NYC cops likely planted the illegal firearm. There is no such thing as “coincidences” - particularly where dirty cops are involved ... Just remember their motto: “To Protect and to Serve (Ourselves!)”

[expat2]

Throw-down gun?

[RetiredTexasVet]

Sounds like a setup to get the guy who took the video out of the way. He will not be available in court to verify that the video was the one he took and the charges will be dropped against the cop.

[Amagi]

What are the odds?
A variation of the drop-gun routine?

[Vigilanteman]

Could be a coincidence. Could also be "legitimate." A very high percentage of ethnic surnames living in New York have criminal records. Just about everyone else has come close even if they haven't been actually convicted.

Some of them have done nothing no more sinister than been caught with an unregistered firearm. What was that quote from Atlas Shrugged about the law wanting to make all citizens criminals so the arrest card could be played at an opportune time?

[jim999]

I suspect this guy may not be available to testify because he’ll have an unfortunate accident. Choking on a bar of soap, beaten to death in solitary, something.

[Respond Code Three]

Here's what the article states about his record:

"The law-enforcement official said Mr. Orta is known by a street name of "Sparks" and has a prior record going back to 2009, including criminal trespass, assault and drug possession.

Most recently, he was charged in May with robbery with a box cutter, the official said. In June 2013, Mr. Orta was charged with gun possession after he allegedly threatened to kill someone, the official said."

[Cap'n Crunch]

Man, reading these comments is like reading the Daily Kos. I hear the cops blew up the World Trade Center too.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Let’s hope he doesn’t croak from a mysterious chokehold in jail. Some people can be very vindictive.

[Lazamataz]

So, a gun just happens to be on the guy who just happens to film a rogue cop.

Yes, we are now officially a full-on Police State. No more entries please, we have a winner!

[skinkinthegrass]

possible BBT Alert!>
"Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken.
You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power
and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the
power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them.
One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without
breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone?
But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted
– and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system,
Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with.”
...Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

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[MarMema]

What a ton of crap. How corrupt are the police anyway?

[Vendome]

Well, well, well...

So what was the cause of his arrest in the first place?

You don’t get to a concealed weapon without something else being the cause for detention and that would also have to attach.

[Vendome]

Oh, bo, ho , ho! You guys are so messed up in the head.

This is your probable cause? You can’t prove anyone did anything based on the following:

“Mr. Orta was arrested just before 10 p.m. Saturday after New York Police Department narcotics officers noticed him and Ms. Lekaj going into a hotel that is a known drug location, the official said.

The two were seen by officers emerging from the hotel moments later, a standard sign used by officers to indicate that they may have been involved in a drug sale, the official said.
“