“Occupy Cop” under attack

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Retired Philadelphia Police Capt. Ray Lewis could lose his life insurance for wearing his uniform to a protest.
BY DANIEL DENVIR

On Occupy Wall Street’s Nov. 17 Day of Action, the NYPD arrested nearly 250 protesters. Ray Lewis, however, stuck out: the retired Philadelphia Police captain was dressed in uniform. He was holding a sign that on one side encouraged people to watch the Charles Ferguson financial crisis documentary “Inside Job.” On the other: “NYPD Don’t Be Wall Street Mercenaries.”

“You have to get rid of corporate America,” Lewis told occupiers in Zuccotti Park. “You have to get rid of the powers that they have … As long as they have the power they are going to continue to exploit and manipulate the working class.”

The blowback from the police establishment was swift: A Nov. 23 letter from Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey demanded that Lewis “immediately cease and desist wearing, using or otherwise displaying any official Philadelphia Police Department uniform, badges or facsimiles thereof or any official departmental insignia.”

Ramsey soon backed down, citing Lewis’ First Amendment rights. Not so for the politically powerful Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5, led by president John McNesby, which has continued its campaign against Lewis...

Complete piece at:
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/11/occupy_cop_under_attack/singleton/?mobile.html

I read that on my phone so I don't know of the same link is gonna work if you're on a computer instead of a phone.

This is horrible the way the FOP is coming after this retired cop for having the courage to stand up and speak the truth.