Getting back to the original post, I believe the movie series "Rambo" helps to illustrate the kind of treatment some veterans have received over the years at the hands of civilian "law enforcement". Perhaps you were a big hero over there in Afghanistan, but back here you are just another resource unit.

Quote from the OP link: “At some places I’m treated like royalty and at some like a terrorist. There’s got to be something in the middle,” he said. Think about the Rambo movie, wasn't this John Rambo's fate? Some liked him, some despised him.