1 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:48,040 Ramsey has just been arrested for filming the police. 2 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:49,040 Back up. 3 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:50,560 Why are you standing in front of the camera? 4 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:52,760 Sir, you've got to get... 5 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:56,520 Get back on that sidewalk. Go back over there and film over there. 6 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:58,840 They haven't told me why am I being arrested. 7 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,040 This is my mom's name, Emily. 8 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:23,160 This was actually my first tattoo. I remember I was told, 9 00:01:23,320 --> 00:01:25,280 I wouldn't be able to get tattoos 10 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:27,560 unless it was my mom's name. 11 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,640 So, I went behind my mom's back for Mother's Day 12 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:34,560 and got her name tattooed, and since then, I've just been addicted to it. 13 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:38,080 Eyes of a dead man. 14 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:41,840 A part of my life where I felt like I didn't have no soul, 15 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,880 I didn't have no heart and everything was cold around me. 16 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:49,840 This is actually a victim to the police brutality and stuff. 17 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,600 This signified how cops were killing us. 18 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:58,640 Ex gang-member, Ramsey Orta, faces years in jail. 19 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:04,280 It all started when he shot a video of his friend, Eric Garner, 20 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:06,320 being stopped by undercover officers 21 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,720 on suspicion of selling untaxed cigarettes. 22 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:13,200 For what? Every time you see me, you want to mess with me. 23 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:14,920 I'm tired of it. It stops today. 24 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,520 This guy right here is forcibly trying to lock somebody up. 25 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,280 That day changed my life. 26 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,640 I wish it didn't have to happen this way. 27 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,240 Don't touch me, please. 28 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:27,680 Do not touch me. 29 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,480 - Why are they doing that to him? - Damn, man. 30 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,600 All right, he's down. 31 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:40,360 Lift your hands, buddy. 32 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,000 Put your hands behind your head. 33 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,680 I can't breathe! I can't breathe! 34 00:02:47,920 --> 00:02:50,360 I can't breathe! I can't breathe! 35 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,120 Officer had his knee 36 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,240 on Eric's neck like this. 37 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,920 And basically holding him down, trying to restrain him, 38 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,520 while other officers were twisting his arm. 39 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,160 I can’t breathe. I can't breathe! 40 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:06,880 Everybody back up. Back up. 41 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,240 Watching it now, it's like... It hurts. 42 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:13,680 I get goosebumps, 43 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,240 'cause I feel like I could've done a lot more 44 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,400 than just stand there and videotape. 45 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:22,480 He can't breathe. 46 00:03:24,640 --> 00:03:29,080 They don't even try to take the cuffs of him and give him CPR. 47 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,560 They don't even try to put an oxygen mask over his face. 48 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:34,640 I mean, they just left him there. 49 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:40,640 Laying on his side, with his eyes rolled back and his mouth open. 50 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:42,520 And I'm like, "I killed him." 51 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:44,120 Back up. 52 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:45,960 I was here watching the whole shit. 53 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,200 You watched everything. You know everything. 54 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,880 I couldn't believe it at first, and then... 55 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,320 I went home and took a shower and it hit me like, 56 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:57,160 "Damn, they just killed my friend." 57 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:03,960 Two days after a New York City grand jury 58 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:05,960 cleared a white police officer 59 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,520 in the choke hold death of an unarmed black man, 60 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,560 the protests are growing larger and spreading across the country... 61 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:15,120 Ramsey's video triggered demonstrations across America. 62 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:16,640 I can't breathe! 63 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,640 Hundreds shut down major highways in multiple cities. 64 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,840 For many, including the city's medical adviser, 65 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:26,640 this was a homicide caught on camera. 66 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:28,880 I can't breathe! 67 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,440 Summer, 2016. 68 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:43,560 Ramsey's video has still not led to any arrests. 69 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:45,920 But it has inspired a network of people 70 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,560 who use technology to watch the police. 71 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,480 They're taking on the largest force in America, 72 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:57,440 the NYPD. 73 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:07,840 Brooklyn, New York City. 74 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:12,120 Dennis Flores is a government employee by day. 75 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:16,000 By night, he runs a team that intercepts police radio 76 00:05:16,280 --> 00:05:18,360 to film arrests as they happen. 77 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:20,680 342 tenth Street. 78 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,560 Can you check if that's between third and fourth Avenue? 79 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:27,440 Let's roll with it. 80 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:30,800 We want to deter police abuse. 81 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:34,680 So, if our cameras are out there, it's going to help prevent it 82 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,120 'cause they know there's extra eyes on them. 83 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,440 These cameras are bad-cop repellent. 84 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,840 While it's legal to film the police, 85 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,000 Dennis has been arrested dozens of times. 86 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:50,680 Sometimes aggressively. 87 00:05:51,840 --> 00:05:54,960 So, these cops came, grabbed me, handcuffed me, 88 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,120 and then body-slammed me here, like about five or six cops. 89 00:05:58,400 --> 00:05:59,640 Slammed me to the floor. 90 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,480 This one police officer grabbed his walkie-talkie 91 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:03,760 and cracked my head open 92 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,720 as all these other cops came and kicked me, punched me. 93 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,080 And they dragged me out of here 94 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:11,280 and charged me with assaulting the police. 95 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,760 Now, Dennis never films alone. 96 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,200 He and his team have filmed multiple cases 97 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:27,400 of what New York's zero-tolerance policing means in practice. 98 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:31,680 So, this is where Ray Tillery was standing 99 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,040 when he flicked the cigarette onto the street. 100 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:37,960 The police around him, swarmed him around this entrance. 101 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:41,920 As we see in the video, 102 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,680 right in here, in front of this dollar pizzeria shop, 103 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:46,040 he gets arrested. 104 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:50,160 What? What are these guys trying to do? 105 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,600 -Are they trying to handcuff him? - Turn around. 106 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:56,360 Over ten police officers, aggressively, take him down 107 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:59,120 for flicking a cigarette in the street, 108 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:03,480 something that thousands of New Yorkers do every day. 109 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:05,600 He can't throw a cigarette butt down? 110 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:07,560 Come on, man. 111 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:12,960 For every ten people stopped by the NYPD, eight are Black or Hispanic. 112 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:17,200 Literally, like, the police have a license to hurt, arrest, 113 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:20,720 and kill people and get away with it. Nothing happens to them. 114 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:24,280 Even those who intervene run the risk of arrest. 115 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:29,960 Sebastian Lemos, he was right here and the police were arresting him. 116 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:34,000 And as they approached, the mother, 117 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:37,880 she started telling the cops what you're doing to her son was wrong. 118 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:44,920 She's six months pregnant. 119 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:46,960 She has a belly out to here. 120 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:51,120 You see them struggling with her and he slams her to the floor. 121 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,360 He puts his knees on her back. 122 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:57,080 Another woman approaches, 123 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,240 and the cop tosses her, flips her over, 124 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:03,480 and she hits the ground and fractures her kneecap. 125 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:10,080 These are crimes being committed by police officers. 126 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,280 That's why cop watching is effective. 127 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:17,720 Because here we are, keeping a track of all the corrupt cops. 128 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:21,440 We're making it public to make sure that people know what's going on 129 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:24,120 and this doesn't just get swept under the rug. 130 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:46,920 Police officer shot in the shoulder. 131 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,280 Now they've got an investigation of the three individuals. 132 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:51,666 Two of them have been apprehended. 133 00:08:51,667 --> 00:08:53,243 The officer has got shot in the shoulder. 134 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:55,640 And one individual's still at large. 135 00:08:57,560 --> 00:09:00,880 Anthony Miranda has spent his life in the NYPD. 136 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,400 They're doing an infrared and heat 137 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:07,000 to try to locate people, probably in the backyards. 138 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,680 A senior detective, he's investigated homicides, 139 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:15,680 organized crime and police corruption. 140 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,920 They shot one cop, they wouldn't hesitate to shoot another. 141 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:25,480 It's highly unusual 142 00:09:25,560 --> 00:09:28,160 for a police officer to speak out against his own. 143 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,160 But after 20 years of service, 144 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:36,840 Miranda can no longer keep quiet about the behavior of the police. 145 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:41,880 The enforcement against African-Americans and Hispanics 146 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:46,640 is ten times more than it is against any other community out there. 147 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:52,000 When cops become abusive is when the they start believing the mentality 148 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:53,400 that it's us against them. 149 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,000 And that starts from day one in the police academy. 150 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,280 Any police indoctrination, it trains officers 151 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:01,200 to disassociate with the communities they grew up in, 152 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:02,880 not to identify with the people, 153 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,960 sometimes not even to identify with their own family members. 154 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:11,000 They have no screening process whatsoever for racism. 155 00:10:11,560 --> 00:10:12,920 They don't do it. 156 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,480 Imagine if the police department can hire somebody 157 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:18,760 who has a tattoo on his arm of a hanging... 158 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:21,280 Of a black person hanging, 159 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:24,120 they still qualify to be a New York City police officer. 160 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:25,600 - Have you seen that? -Yes. 161 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,760 White people don't get arrested as much. 162 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:32,760 The criminal justice system doesn't prosecute them as much. 163 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:33,680 It doesn't charge them 164 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:36,560 the same way that they charge African-Americans and Hispanics. 165 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:40,560 There's a total imbalance to the process that nobody wants to pay attention to. 166 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:45,760 Miranda is aware that by making allegations of systemic racism, 167 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:49,040 he's pitting himself against the NYPD. 168 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:50,920 People say, "Well, these guys are in uniform 169 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,640 and they're talking about discrimination. 170 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,760 These guys are in uniform and they're talking about the abuses 171 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:57,760 that are going on in our community." 172 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:00,640 These were things that were unheard of, you would never do that. 173 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:02,920 You're taking your life in your own hands. 174 00:11:05,680 --> 00:11:08,360 The Police Department is the biggest gang in New York. 175 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:10,240 You mess with the Police Department, 176 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:15,040 and the retaliation is direct and absolute. 177 00:11:17,560 --> 00:11:20,680 The NYPD has 36,000 officers, 178 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:24,400 and a budget of five billion dollars. 179 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:28,880 It can control every corner of New York. 180 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:35,160 In multi-ethnic areas like the Bronx, 181 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:39,040 the department operates a fleet of mobile observation towers. 182 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,960 These are deployed 24/7 in poor areas. 183 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,680 The whole place is lit up. 184 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:51,800 It's like it is a war zone. 185 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:53,560 It's an occupying force. 186 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,520 Crime rates have fallen to record lows. 187 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:02,480 But Jose LaSalle, who runs the local Copwatch team, 188 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:06,560 believes this is because the entire community is under siege. 189 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,480 I'm just filming the lights all around. 190 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:18,680 Kind of give people an idea of how police has actually took over 191 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:20,320 these projects in the Bronx. 192 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:24,320 I mean, there's no problem having police, you know, around. 193 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:28,240 My problem is when they just don't follow the proper procedures 194 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:31,080 and protocols, and take this to a point 195 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:34,360 where they just become more of a harassment. 196 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:40,520 Suddenly, Jose intercepts a police request for backup 197 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:42,800 on a possible domestic violence incident 198 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,800 and disappears down the road. 199 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:55,000 Jose films as two officers lead a vocal but handcuffed man 200 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:56,160 to their vehicle. 201 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:57,560 But I didn't do nothing. 202 00:12:59,680 --> 00:13:02,240 Did I hit you? Did I hit you? 203 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:04,680 He's walking on his own to the car. 204 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,600 By the time he reaches the police station, 205 00:13:10,680 --> 00:13:12,920 multiple officers are carrying him in. 206 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:30,640 Jose's team seek legal advice. 207 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,280 They're concerned about the way events are unfolding. 208 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:37,440 We ran over, got over here in time to catch him 209 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:41,640 being pulled out of the van like a fricking sack of potatoes, 210 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:42,880 completely inert. 211 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:46,240 What the police officer said that, "He hit his wife, 212 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:48,760 so we can do whatever the fuck we want with him." 213 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,040 And then ten minutes later, 214 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:54,440 an ambulance is called and they brought in a stretcher, 215 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:56,608 so we're waiting to see what the story is. 216 00:13:56,609 --> 00:13:57,951 I'm hoping that he's alive. 217 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:03,160 We have some video here of him being pulled into the precinct. 218 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,520 We don't know what happened to this man. 219 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:23,040 But the cop watchers have their suspicions. 220 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:28,840 So, somewhere along inside that van, this black male got either knocked out, 221 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,720 beat up by police to the point where he was unconscious. 222 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:34,200 They're saying that they have the right to be the judge, 223 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:38,400 jury and executioner, you know what I'm saying, because he hit a woman. 224 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:42,160 ' Cause, obviously, domestic violence is serious. 225 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,920 And that's why there's a court system, I mean, why there's a process. 226 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,120 You get locked up, you go to court, you see the judge. 227 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:50,160 Their only job is to arrest people. 228 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:56,520 Just as the team fears the worst, there's an unexpected development. 229 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:58,720 They're bringing him out. 230 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:01,800 They're taking him to the hospital. 231 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:05,200 Excuse me, sir, are you okay? 232 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,600 -Excuse me. -I want to know if that man's okay. 233 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:09,120 -Hold on. -Are you okay, sir? 234 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:10,080 Stay here. 235 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:21,240 Sir, are you okay? 236 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:24,440 Sir, are you okay? 237 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:28,600 -Back up, sir. -Sir, are you okay? 238 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:29,960 Why do I have to back up? 239 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:32,160 'Cause we need ample space over here. 240 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:34,600 - You have ample space. - Back up. 241 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:36,080 Why are you standing in front of the camera? 242 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:38,880 -Sir. -I've given you space. 243 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:40,760 There's no cars coming, sir. 244 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:42,080 I want to know that man's okay. 245 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:43,320 You're going to get hit by a car. 246 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,880 He's not complaining. He has to go to Lincoln. That's it. Okay? 247 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:58,760 The police seem to have changed their story. 248 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:01,640 They're no longer mentioning domestic violence. 249 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:05,440 Now they're saying that the guy in there is emotionally disturbed, 250 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:09,440 which is another way to cover why they had to be so aggressive with him. 251 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,960 The police refuse to give out the man's name, 252 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:19,560 so the cop watchers were unable to find out what happened to him. 253 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:29,720 What is this? 254 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:35,760 Cop watcher, Kim Ortense, thinks it's only a matter of time 255 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,400 before her sons are stopped by the police. 256 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:44,040 You know that if a police officer stops you, 257 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,720 -you need to be very, very careful, right? -Yeah. 258 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:49,440 You need to not... You put your hands to your side, right? 259 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,280 And you just ask them, "Am I free to go?" 260 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:55,640 -Or... -Am I being detained? 261 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:56,880 Detained, all right. 262 00:16:56,960 --> 00:16:58,480 Say it, so, "Am I free to go?" 263 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:02,440 Am I free to go or I'm being... I'm being detained? 264 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:04,680 Excuse me, sir, what are you doing here? 265 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,280 -Can I talk to you for a second? -Yeah. 266 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:11,480 -That's not what you're going to say! -No. No! 267 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:13,599 And if they say you're being detained? 268 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:15,880 I just need to wait there for a minute. 269 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:17,079 You need to wait there 270 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:20,240 and then, when you get a chance to call Mommy, you call Mommy. 271 00:17:20,319 --> 00:17:21,880 -Okay. -Okay? 272 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:22,839 Okay. 273 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:26,240 My nine-year-old's on the autism spectrum. 274 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:27,839 Aiden is very respectful. 275 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:29,360 Aiden is very peaceful. 276 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,000 But he won't understand, you know, their aggressive, 277 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:34,440 jump-out-the-car tactics, with guns in faces. 278 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:36,080 He will not understand that. 279 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:39,240 His mind is not equipped to understand that in that way. 280 00:17:39,360 --> 00:17:42,280 And police aren't equipped to deal with people in that way, 281 00:17:42,360 --> 00:17:43,600 so I'm terrified, 282 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,440 especially for Aiden, because of that and... 283 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:50,520 So I fight and, hopefully, I fight enough that they don't have to march, 284 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:52,920 that they don't have to go through all of this. 285 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,320 Hopefully, something changes, but, you know, the climate is just... 286 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:58,200 It's just heartbreaking. 287 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:01,080 Let me try. 288 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:03,880 Despite working full-time, 289 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,520 and raising her sons as a single parent... 290 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:11,360 Kim cop watches every single week 291 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:14,240 to make sure people know their rights. 292 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:17,880 Do you consent to that search, sir? 293 00:18:18,120 --> 00:18:21,440 And to gather evidence when the police step out of line. 294 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:24,840 We can get you this video. You do not have to consent to a search. 295 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,200 Say, "I do not consent to this search." 296 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:30,040 -I don't consent to this search. -I've got this on film. 297 00:18:30,120 --> 00:18:31,920 He does not consent to a search. 298 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,040 So guess what's going to happen when you get to court. 299 00:18:34,120 --> 00:18:35,600 This video? Bye-bye. 300 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,440 So, I know I come across as very aggressive and very militant, 301 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:45,440 and I am, and I'm unapologetic about it, because, like, day-to-day, 302 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:49,680 I see police harass people and, you know, it's every day. 303 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:52,720 Like, I can't go one day without seeing someone's rights 304 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:55,000 violated by police officers. 305 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:57,080 And when you try to call them out on it, 306 00:18:57,160 --> 00:19:00,520 it's like, "Who are you to talk to me about what I'm doing?" Like, "Obey me." 307 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:02,800 So, yeah, I'm angry, yeah. 308 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:04,920 I'm aggressive, yes. I'm militant. 309 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:08,520 Because I've been dealing with this shit for a long time now. 310 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:11,120 Stay back. 311 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:13,920 I'm taking one step back. I'm at a reasonable distance. 312 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,680 You keep your hands away from me. 313 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:17,080 I'm not the one. 314 00:19:19,120 --> 00:19:20,600 Yeah. I'm not the one. 315 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:39,360 Yo, what's the issue? 316 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:40,760 Record that. 317 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:43,240 -You need to get out of... -I work for Copwatch. 318 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:45,560 -Get out of the street. -Go on the sidewalk. 319 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:49,000 Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed the death of Eric Garner, 320 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:51,040 has been filming the police ever since. 321 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:57,160 I told you to stay on the sidewalk. 322 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,800 But when he is arrested filming a traffic stop, 323 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:02,920 his wife, Bella, takes over. 324 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:08,200 We are on Beruche and Halston. 325 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:13,680 Ramsey has just been arrested for standing off of the sidewalk 326 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:17,040 while filming the police arrest someone else. 327 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:19,960 Jesus fucking Christ. 328 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:26,400 With Ramsey behind bars, his wife Bella alerts other cop watchers. 329 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:28,920 Fuck this world, man. 330 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:33,360 Yeah. The charges are obstruction of a government agent, 331 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,200 and disorderly conduct. 332 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:38,760 Right, I'm like, that's fucking bullshit. 333 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,320 I mean, it's been a crazy week. 334 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:47,320 You know? To hear that he got arrested for filming cops. 335 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:50,360 Once again. You know? 336 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,600 My understanding, he was charged with jaywalking. 337 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:55,600 I don't know... 338 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,400 You want your other shoelace? 339 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:20,600 Doing my job. 340 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:22,720 After five hours in custody, 341 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:26,280 and convinced he's done nothing wrong, Ramsey is released. 342 00:21:26,360 --> 00:21:27,960 Before I approach any situation, 343 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:31,160 I'm like, "Yo, my name is Ramsey Orta. I work with Copwatch. 344 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:33,680 I got video footage of everything that went on. 345 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:35,520 Don't try to falsify reports." 346 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,080 Man, I think you're crazy still filming the police. 347 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:44,160 For Ramsey, the battle with the NYPD is personal. 348 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:49,600 He doesn't want the death of his friend, Eric Garner, to count for nothing. 349 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:52,840 I'm not going to say they won by taking my friend. 350 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,960 But they won, in a sense, to show that they don't give a fuck. 351 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:00,800 But now it's my turn. 352 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:05,800 My main goal is to put pressure on cops. 353 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:10,400 Once they see camera in somebody's hand or a phone in somebody's hand, 354 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:13,120 they're quick to think twice, like, "Oh, shit, 355 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,440 I can't do what I wanted to do." 356 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,960 For Ramsey, the stakes couldn't be higher. 357 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:23,040 He has a criminal past. 358 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:26,720 And since his video exposing the NYPD went viral, 359 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:31,080 he has been arrested in multiple undercover sting operations. 360 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:36,960 Altogether, I have five bail bonds. 361 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:40,040 Empire is covering the gun charge, 362 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:43,760 'cause that was the first case that I caught behind the video, 363 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:47,960 and allegation was I was selling drugs to an undercover. 364 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,680 His family is helping pay his bail, 365 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:55,120 and each week he has to check in at this bail bond office. 366 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:58,840 The names that I'm putting back on the list, 367 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:00,200 let's just say two cases, 368 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,360 if my grandmother's on three, can she sign for that other two? 369 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:04,280 Okay. 370 00:23:07,360 --> 00:23:11,160 Ramsey’s lawyers, Ken Perry and Will Aronin, 371 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:13,840 believe these latest arrests are bogus, 372 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:16,440 designed to discredit Ramsey. 373 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:20,840 He doesn't have a clean record. 374 00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:23,640 But that has nothing to do with these cases. 375 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:27,720 It does feel that they had it in for someone. 376 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:32,000 And I do think that had he not filmed this video, 377 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:35,160 we would not be in this situation 378 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:38,280 defending him on six or seven different cases. 379 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:42,720 It was more like, "Okay, this guy is getting fucked completely." 380 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:46,440 Lawyers Aronin and Perry 381 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:49,640 specialize in cases of alleged police abuse. 382 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:51,840 So, tell me what happened. 383 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:54,880 Uh, well, first off... 384 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:58,520 Increasingly they are using Copwatch material 385 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,120 in their court battles with the NYPD. 386 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:02,320 Keep on going. 387 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:07,600 Today, they are meeting Christen Conyers. 388 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,840 It's amazing how lucky it is that this was all on video. 389 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:15,200 As you can see on tape, I didn't commit any crime. 390 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:19,760 This is me right here. 391 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,000 He is facing charges of resisting arrest 392 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,000 after cycling into a demo. 393 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:29,640 But footage shot by cop watchers could be key to his defense. 394 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:32,720 Of course, I looked to see what was going on, 395 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,680 'cause this is where I live, I have every right to be here. 396 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:37,640 That's when he grabbed me. I had to stand up. 397 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:39,320 If I didn't stand up, I would have fell off the bike. 398 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:43,000 While this was going on, officers are kicking my legs. 399 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:44,320 They're trying to push you down. 400 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:46,320 They're pushing me down on the floor. 401 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:49,840 Let's... From the start for a second. 402 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,400 One, two, three, four, five, six. 403 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:53,840 You can see me under here. 404 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:55,160 And there you are there. 405 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:00,480 You have seven guys as we counted, maybe more on top of you now. 406 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:03,240 It's a dogpile. What are you saying at that point? 407 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:04,787 At that point, I'm trying to tell them... 408 00:25:04,788 --> 00:25:06,005 I'm gasping for air, telling them, 409 00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:08,920 "I can't breathe, I can't breathe!" 410 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:13,800 I'm against the ground with three or four different officers on my back. 411 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:15,440 How am I supposed to breathe? 412 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:21,680 Eric Garner didn't get a chance to tell his story. 413 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:25,840 I wound up spending the night in the hospital. Just madness, man. 414 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,960 Christen will be in court in a few days 415 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:34,040 and it's taking its toll on his family. 416 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,400 My son doesn't even look at the police the same now. 417 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:42,400 He shouldn't live in a place in which he fears the people 418 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:44,600 that are supposed to serve and protect him. 419 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:47,720 You're going to go to court? 420 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:49,880 Yeah, me and mommy are gonna go to court. 421 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,960 Just in case anything happens, mommy is going to come with me. 422 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,080 I don't think anything is going to happen, 423 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:02,600 but in the event that it does, it would be better 424 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:06,120 for mommy to know, because the courts are not going to call 425 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:09,520 and tell Mommy that they are remanding me or anything like that. 426 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:20,280 The gulf between cop watchers and the NYPD has never been greater. 427 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,640 - We're here tonight... - We're here tonight... 428 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:26,600 -...'cause black lives matter. -'Cause black lives matter. 429 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:29,920 Each week, they meet to remember a person of color 430 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:31,960 who's died at the hands of the police. 431 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:36,320 Every Monday, for over a year, we've been highlighting different cases 432 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:39,640 of police brutality, and unfortunately, we're not running out of names. 433 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:41,440 They're going to shut down the streets, 434 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:45,520 they're gonna do some civil disobedience to draw attention to the issue. 435 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:47,400 Are they going to get arrested? 436 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:49,000 Most likely some of them will. 437 00:26:49,360 --> 00:26:50,720 What do we want? 438 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:52,640 -Justice. -And when do we want it? 439 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:53,560 Now! 440 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:54,680 What do we want? 441 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:56,880 -Justice! -And when do we want it? 442 00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:57,800 Now! 443 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:00,000 -And if we don't get it? -Shut it down. 444 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,000 -And if we don't get it? -Shut it down. 445 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:04,120 There is some brave people willing to 446 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:07,840 put their lives at the hands of the police, you know? 447 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,600 All I can do is watch their backs as long as... 448 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:15,560 Just filming as much as I'm able to do. 449 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:19,560 -And if we don't get it? -Shut it down! 450 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:23,640 -And if we don't get it? -Shut it down! 451 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:28,440 These two sides now view each other with complete hostility. 452 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:35,080 Sorry to disrupt your shopping! 453 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:37,240 Sorry to disrupt your shopping! 454 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:40,480 -But while you're shopping... -But while you're shopping. 455 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:43,800 -Black people are dying. -Black people are dying. 456 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:46,880 -By the hands of the police. -By the hands of the police. 457 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,160 -Put your fist in the air. -Put your fist in the air. 458 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,720 -Our lives matter. -Black lives matter. 459 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:58,960 -Our lives matter. -Black lives matter. 460 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,480 Rather than target the main demonstration, 461 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:10,800 the police single out one of the cop watchers they know well. 462 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:28,120 Go back over there and film over there. 463 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,560 This is the seventy-fifth time Dennis has been arrested. 464 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:34,640 You've got to get back in your little space. 465 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:36,120 What's happened, Dennis? 466 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:38,640 There are arresting me. I have no clue. 467 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:40,880 I have no idea why they are arresting me. 468 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,160 They haven't told me why am I being arrested. 469 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,800 Please step back on the sidewalk. You're on the street. 470 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,840 The more we report of your abuse, the more people win, 471 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:50,920 the more we win. 472 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:55,080 Three, six, seven cops on somebody who was walking on the crosswalk? 473 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,160 It is our duty to fight for our freedom. 474 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:00,440 It is our duty to fight for our freedom. 475 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:03,840 -It is our duty to win. -It is our duty to win. 476 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:05,960 We must love and support each other. 477 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:07,920 We must love and support each other. 478 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,000 We have nothing to lose but our chains. 479 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,200 We have nothing to lose but our chains. 480 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,840 We have nothing to lose but our chains. 481 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:19,680 Dennis is driven to the nearest police station for processing. 482 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:27,080 But just two hours later, he's released on bail. 483 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:28,360 Look what they gave me. 484 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,840 They locked me up, kept me in there for an hour, 485 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:35,880 and they gave me a ticket for disorderly conduct, 486 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:37,080 'cause they claim that 487 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:39,760 I was crossing the street when there was a red light. 488 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:44,000 Luckily for me, I videotaped the entire thing. 489 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:45,600 As I crossed the street, 490 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:48,840 I made sure I documented the traffic signal. 491 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:51,840 I don't even jaywalk when I cop watch. 492 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,560 I recorded myself being stopped in the middle of the street 493 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:59,280 when it was still my turn to cross and I was arrested for doing nothing. 494 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:04,680 Kim is in court today. 495 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:08,800 Six months ago, she was also arrested when filming the police. 496 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,800 He wasn't doing anything! 497 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,000 -Are you nervous about today? -No, I'm not nervous. 498 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:24,000 I have video evidence that it was a completely bogus arrest. 499 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:27,400 I'm not nervous at all. If anything, it's just inconvenient 500 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:30,160 that I have to keep taking time out to keep doing this 501 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,560 and I'm not going to fall for this bogus charge 502 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:34,440 just because that's what they want. 503 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:43,360 But when Kim's case is called, 504 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:47,240 the arresting officer doesn't turn up and her trial is postponed. 505 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,120 She believes it's part of a deliberate strategy 506 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:51,920 to wear cop watchers down. 507 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:57,160 The irony, I think, is that had I not shown up, 508 00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:59,873 I would have had a warrant for my arrest, 509 00:30:59,874 --> 00:31:01,737 but he can come as he pleases 510 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:03,160 or not come at all. 511 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:07,040 I mean, let's be perfectly honest. 512 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:09,400 You know, this is a white supremacist country. 513 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:14,000 The laws, the courts, the police, everything runs on white supremacy, 514 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:16,720 so you have the cards stacked against you. 515 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,320 If you're a person of color, you have the cards stacked against you. 516 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,760 If you're a poor person, you have the cards stacked against you. 517 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:24,200 If you're a woman of color. 518 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:26,560 What about people who say you're exaggerating? 519 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,720 I would ask those people to come and sit down and I would ask 520 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,440 those people to witness what we witness all the time. 521 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:33,720 I would also be insulted 522 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:35,680 because someone that would say that I'm exaggerating 523 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:37,400 is probably someone that lives in the suburbs 524 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:39,960 and has no idea the issues that I'm talking about, 525 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,240 because it doesn't affect or pertain to them. 526 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,840 Is there a reason behind all these arrests 527 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:52,800 and seemingly heavy-handed police tactics? 528 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:58,960 One serving NYPD officer with 17 years experience 529 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:01,200 is prepared to speak out. 530 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:06,040 This was actually my graduation, one of my graduation jackets. 531 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:11,040 Julio Diaz is president of New York's Latino Officers Association. 532 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:14,280 -When was your graduation? -1999. 533 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:18,920 He's now bringing a class action lawsuit against the NYPD 534 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:23,960 claiming the existence of secret and illegal arrest quotas. 535 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:32,080 The police department will retaliate against you 536 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:35,200 if they think you're saying something they don't like. 537 00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:37,600 Quotas is something that they don't want people to know about. 538 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:42,280 If you put a system now that tells police officers to go out there, 539 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:45,560 and go stop people, and here's a number, 540 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,520 and if you don't come back with that number, you're going to be disciplined, 541 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:51,080 you're going to cause some problems with the police department, 542 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:55,280 with some police officers because they might not know the balance now. 543 00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:57,320 They might go, "Okay, I've got to get this at all costs." 544 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:00,840 The minority communities, Latino and African American communities, 545 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:06,360 are being targeted as enforcement strategy by the NYPD. 546 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,920 Who are you going to target more? 547 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,800 The poor people, the people who are not going to sue you, 548 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:16,480 the people who're not going to fight back, the people that you know 549 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:18,880 are not going to call a politician to come after you? 550 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:20,360 These are the people that are getting targeted. 551 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:27,720 These allegations, that the NYPD aggressively pursue arrest targets 552 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,600 were recently put to Police Commissioner Bratton. 553 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:35,960 Bullshit! Bullshit is my response to that. Quite clearly. 554 00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:38,480 If any of my cops out there still think 555 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:41,175 we're pushing for the summons, etcetera, 556 00:33:41,176 --> 00:33:43,856 I'm sorry, we're pushing to reduce crime. 557 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:53,840 Despite this official denial, 558 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:58,080 Detective Miranda is adamant quotas not only exist, 559 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:01,760 but were a key factor in the arrest of Eric Garner. 560 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:07,040 They went out here to put his ass in jail for something that he didn't do. 561 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:10,080 To constitute the sale, 562 00:34:10,159 --> 00:34:12,280 they had to have seen the exchange of money and the cigarettes. 563 00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:15,920 Their own reports after the incident, they never said 564 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:20,440 that they saw an actual exchange between Eric Garner and anybody else. 565 00:34:21,679 --> 00:34:24,159 So if that was the premise in why you stopped him, 566 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:26,800 then your stop was illegal. Your approach to him was illegal 567 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:28,880 and you should never have approached him to begin with. 568 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:32,400 I am minding my business, officer. 569 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:36,960 I'm minding my business. Please, just leave me alone. 570 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,960 He said, "These guys are targeting me, they're planting evidence on me." 571 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,960 Every time you see me, you want to mess with me. 572 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:48,400 According to Miranda, not only were the detectives aiming to hit their quota, 573 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:53,440 they were also punishing Eric for daring to complain about harassment. 574 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:56,520 Prior to this, he's already made allegations 575 00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,120 against a team at Staten Island, the same officers, 576 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,160 that they had planted evidence on him, 577 00:35:01,240 --> 00:35:03,640 and are falsely arresting him and accusing him of a crime. 578 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:05,480 Don't touch me! 579 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:14,600 I can't breathe! 580 00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:18,600 To establish that they retaliated against him was easy 581 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:20,480 for any federal investigator, 582 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:22,560 anybody with authority and oversight. 583 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:25,920 The City Council, all these people who held the hearings, 584 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,880 nobody asked the right questions 'cause they didn't want the right answers. 585 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:31,920 We should all be up in arms. 586 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:38,720 Two years on and people in the community are still angry. 587 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:41,920 They cannot understand 588 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:44,440 why the police have not been held accountable. 589 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:47,160 -You telling the true story? -You tell them what's true. 590 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:48,840 Are you sure? 591 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:55,160 If it can happen to him, it can happen to my sons, you know, 592 00:35:55,240 --> 00:35:57,680 my sisters, my brothers, and it's been happening. 593 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:01,560 To find out later when it came out and it said 594 00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:07,720 he was not going to be prosecuted, the police officer, I lost it. 595 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:11,280 The whole damn system is guilty as hell. 596 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:15,880 For many New Yorkers, 597 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:19,240 the fact the officers involved in the choke hold death of Eric Garner 598 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:20,760 face no charges... 599 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:27,040 ...while Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed it all, faces years in jail, 600 00:36:27,240 --> 00:36:29,280 shows the imbalance in the system. 601 00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:33,120 The whole damn system is guilty as hell. 602 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,120 Ramsey is out on bail, 603 00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:38,120 but he cannot afford to be caught out again. 604 00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:45,920 With his trial looming, Ramsey's lawyers call a crisis meeting. 605 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:52,040 I expect the DA to ask to increase the bail. 606 00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:53,520 We will do everything we can to make sure 607 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,280 you walk out of that court room with us on Wednesday. 608 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,880 But, now that there's more in from yesterday, 609 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,402 every single one is gonna make our lives, 610 00:37:02,403 --> 00:37:04,453 make your life more difficult. 611 00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:07,440 -So we're not getting another one, right? -No. 612 00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:10,720 Be mentally prepared, we're gonna fight like hell to keep it from happening. 613 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:11,880 Be mentally prepared. 614 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:15,360 Play the game because right now they hold the cards. 615 00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:21,760 The man who inspired the movement, faces the prospect 616 00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:24,240 of no longer being able to cop watch. 617 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:27,680 Ramsey knows this. We've had this conversation with him 618 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:29,640 very seriously many, many times. 619 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,880 This case has to be resolved at some point. 620 00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:38,200 Do I expect that all the police officers will be saying nothing, 621 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:40,120 but all the truth? No. 622 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:44,960 I assume the police officers are going to be lying on the stand 623 00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:46,760 to get done what they want, 624 00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,240 to get done what they think is in their interest. 625 00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:53,400 If everything went wrong, 118 years maximum. 626 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,200 He's theoretically facing 118 years. 627 00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:03,960 For some, Ramsey is a career-criminal hiding behind allegations 628 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:05,880 of NYPD brutality. 629 00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:10,160 To others, he's a hero. 630 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:18,040 I exposed, literally, the modern-day lynching. 631 00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:21,520 That's what happened. They choked him to death. 632 00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:27,440 I don't regret it, but I don't want to be dealing with this shit. 633 00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:32,480 I'm about to go give up some time of my life for taking a video. 634 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:35,720 It's going to be a rough ride, 635 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:38,760 but hopefully I've got my head on my shoulders 636 00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:40,200 by the time I get in there. 637 00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:45,680 What's the worst it can be now? What's the worst? 638 00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:46,600 Death. 639 00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:49,040 Pretty much. 640 00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:51,440 You'll probably be doing me a favor 641 00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:53,120 because I ain't gotta go through this bullshit 642 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:54,360 that I'm going through now. 643 00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:25,480 I had a great career. 644 00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:31,000 I did, I had a great career. 645 00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:39,440 For Detective Miranda, the criminal justice system is out of control. 646 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:45,720 He's seen the prison population of America increase by two million people 647 00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:50,160 and maintains each arrest, trial and conviction 648 00:39:50,720 --> 00:39:52,760 helps hit a financial target. 649 00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:57,789 People make money from this whole process. 650 00:39:57,790 --> 00:39:59,039 This is a money-making system. 651 00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:03,280 The summons generate income, the arrests generate an entire system. 652 00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:06,040 When you arrest somebody, everybody is making money. 653 00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:07,800 The courts make money, the jails make money, 654 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:11,360 the court officers make money, the correction officers make money. 655 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:13,000 It's a money-generating system 656 00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:15,200 that nobody wants to correct the imbalance, 657 00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:16,680 because if you make it fair, 658 00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:19,200 then there won't be as much income in the system. 659 00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:21,480 That's just the reality of it. There's not enough... 660 00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:23,840 The city won't make the same amount of money. 661 00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:28,120 I think Copwatch should be everybody. 662 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:30,480 I think everybody who owns a camera now, 663 00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:33,240 everyone who owns a cellphone should be a part of Copwatch. 664 00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:36,200 Every time you see something going on, you should take the picture. 665 00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:46,920 Despite the cop watcher's video, 666 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:49,640 Christen Conyers is back in court today. 667 00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:53,400 If convicted, he faces a one-year sentence. 668 00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:04,240 Go in there and do what you got to do today, man. 669 00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:13,960 Behave and do a good job today. All right? No complaints, all right? 670 00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:15,960 -All right? -Okay. 671 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:17,040 Give me some. 672 00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:20,800 See you later. 673 00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:23,360 Who's going to pick me up from school today? 674 00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:24,280 Huh? 675 00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:27,040 Who's going to pick me up from school today? 676 00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:31,240 Either me or mommy should be able to pick you up. All right? 677 00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,800 If anything, at the most, Grandpa. 678 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:37,400 But it'll probably be me and mommy, all right? 679 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:39,040 All right. 680 00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:42,200 I love you. See you later. 681 00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:46,280 Go ahead, man. 682 00:41:56,360 --> 00:42:01,240 This seems a community more divided than united by the police. 683 00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:08,320 This is the view from my son's bedroom. 684 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:09,920 Police sitting right here. 685 00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:14,840 They're here every day, day and night, 24/7. 686 00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:21,960 Think about it. They're right here. 687 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,640 It's almost like an invasion of your privacy. 688 00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:29,440 It's supposed to be New York City public housing, you know? 689 00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:34,720 But when you come home, they sit right outside your window. 690 00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:36,280 You're not free. 691 00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:42,160 Who's anyone to say that you're free walking around in New York City 692 00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:44,080 or anywhere in America right now? 693 00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:46,080 I mean, especially being a black man. 694 00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:09,200 Do you think... Do you see that it's round? 695 00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:11,080 Because you have no glasses. 696 00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:13,120 I can't see from here. 697 00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:15,520 How do you see all of this from down here? 698 00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:17,640 Because he got them good ol' glasses. 699 00:43:17,720 --> 00:43:19,560 And I can see without it. 700 00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:22,153 Just imagine if those videos wasn't there, 701 00:43:22,154 --> 00:43:23,832 you would have been still in jail. 702 00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:26,000 People need to wake up. 703 00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:33,360 We gonna be all right. 704 00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:36,880 I just don't want to keep losing you.