Opinion | Good Cops, Bad Cops – The New York Times

As a 16-year-old in 1968, I found it hard to balance hating the Vietnam War and wanting racial justice with being part of a family, baked in patriotism, taught to revere uniforms. As Bill Clinton wrote in that infamous 1969 letter, the cool kids were all about loathing the military ; I was making pocket change by ironing my brothers Coast Guard uniforms, being careful to make sure the creases were sharp.

I never told classmates about my father s long stretch as a police detective. I just talked about his second career, after retirement, as a special assistant to a senator and congressman.

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Sorry, Maureen. That makes you a racist.