but a lame paraphase.
What I actually said was that I did not take my kids there a year ago because the police were attacking people, but a major newspaper is not going to print that.

I mentioned the counter-demonstration in the context of the amount of support we were now getting. At least half the motorists going by were honking and waving.

But yes, it is safer to be around cops if you have a nice haircut, and you dress conservatively. I learned that as a teenager. Also passers-by and the media consumers will take what you have to say more seriously.

It is too bad people are that way, but it is true.