It wasn’t harassing police that was the problem for generations of GIs, it was the police and communities harassing GIs.
Why would you pretend that I was talking about cops doing their duty against military people who were breaking a law, or causing problems, rather than what I was actually talking about, police harassing troops and sailors?
Sounds like the same difference to me. While in the military I never experienced harassment by the police or a community just because I was military. Like I was saying ... different life experiences.
Not just because of the way I was treated by the police but one of many reasons I eventually became a cop. Remained one for more than 30 years and often went out of my way to accommodate those in uniform.