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Police: No arrest for retired captain in uniform controversy [View all]
Ray Lewis, a retired Philadelphia police captain, was across the street from City Hall Monday protesting threats made against him for wearing his old uniform at Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. (Robert Moran / Staff)
Posted: Mon, Mar. 19, 2012, 7:00 PM
By Robert Moran
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Ray Lewis, the retired Philadelphia police captain who became a hero to the Occupy Wall Street movement, will not face legal consequences for wearing his old uniform at protests, a Police Department spokesman said Monday.
"He will not be arrested," said Lt. Raymond Evers, spokesman for Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey.
"He's exercising his First Amendment rights, and we're fine with that," Evers said.
That position is in stark contrast to a letter Ramsey signed in November demanding that Lewis "immediately cease and desist" from wearing his old uniform in public.
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