--- description: Orta, who was arrested for criminal gun possession last week, videotaped the choking death of Eric Garner by New York City police title: Ramsey Orta, Wife Chrissie Ortiz Arrested Days After Eric Garner Death image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54bdf2afbc422dc9/69868dd2169ab0cde227923a/nypd1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Wife of Man Who Shot NYPD Chokehold Video Arrested for Assault in Staten Island ## Video: Behind the Video of a Deadly Confrontation With Police [Watch (HLS stream): Behind the Video of a Deadly Confrontation With Police](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/QGZo2z1Q.m3u8) (3:49)  _Published 2014-07-22. TIME interviews the man who captured a fatal incident between Eric Garner and NYPD officers_ by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 6, 2014 9:10 PM CUT  NYPD Police car in 2013. NYPD Police car in 2013.Edi Bähler—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 6, 2014 9:10 PM CUT The wife of the man who videotaped the NYPD chokehold that killed Eric Garner was [arrested for assault](http://www.silive.com/northshore/index.ssf/2014/08/chrissie%5Fortiz%5Fwife%5Fof%5Framsey.html "undefined") on Wednesday. According to the Staten Island [_Advance_](http://www.silive.com/northshore/index.ssf/2014/08/chrissie%5Fortiz%5Fwife%5Fof%5Framsey.html "undefined"), Chrissie Ortiz, married to 22-year-old Ramsey Orta, was arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman in Staten Island. The two women had reportedly been arguing. Police say Ortiz, 30, has since been released and charged with misdemeanor assault. Wednesday’s arrest was the most recent legal ordeal for the couple. On Saturday, Orta was [arrested](http://time.com/3077165/nypd-chokehold-ramsey-orta-eric-garner/ "undefined") for alleged criminal possession of a firearm. Orta, who has 26 previous arrests according to the _Advance_ reporting, has publically suggested his arrest was an act of retaliation by the New York City Police Department in the wake of the New York medical examiner’s ruling that the choking death of Eric Garner was a [homicide](http://time.com/3071288/eric-garner-chokehold-death-nypd-medical-examiner/ "undefined"). \[[Staten Island _Advance_](http://www.silive.com/northshore/index.ssf/2014/08/chrissie%5Fortiz%5Fwife%5Fof%5Framsey.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3087613/wife-of-ramsey-orta-arrested-for-assault-in-staten-island/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3087613/wife-of-ramsey-orta-arrested-for-assault-in-staten-island/"},"headline":"Wife of Man Who Shot NYPD Chokehold Video Arrested for Assault in Staten Island","datePublished":"2014-08-06T21:10:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:32:26.992Z","description":"Orta, who was arrested for criminal gun possession last week, videotaped the choking death of Eric Garner by New York City police","url":"https://time.com/3087613/wife-of-ramsey-orta-arrested-for-assault-in-staten-island/","keywords":["Crime","New York","staten island","Eric Garner"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54bdf2afbc422dc9/69868dd2169ab0cde227923a/nypd1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54bdf2afbc422dc9/69868dd2169ab0cde227923a/nypd1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"NYPD Police car in 2013.","caption":"NYPD Police car in 2013.","creditText":"Edi Bähler—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3087613/wife-of-ramsey-orta-arrested-for-assault-in-staten-island/","name":"Wife of Man Who Shot NYPD Chokehold Video Arrested for Assault in Staten Island"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Behind the Video of a Deadly Confrontation With Police","description":"TIME interviews the man who captured a fatal incident between Eric Garner and NYPD officers","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/QGZo2z1Q/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-22T16:49:46.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/QGZo2z1Q.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3087613/wife-of-ramsey-orta-arrested-for-assault-in-staten-island/","duration":"PT3M49S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3087613/wife-of-ramsey-orta-arrested-for-assault-in-staten-island/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```