At 8:07 on a Tuesday morning, an airport police officer seized me by the arm while I stood in Navy Service Dress Blues

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Behind us, I heard someone whisper, “Oh my God.”Then the second cuff locked into place.Vance tightened them until the metal pressed painfully into my skin. My sea bag slid from my shoulder and dropped onto the floor beside my polished shoes. For the first time since the confrontation had started, I lowered my eyes.I remember thinking how bizarre the scene must have looked.A Navy captain wearing full dress uniform, ribbons lined across his chest, standing in handcuffs inside an American airport while strangers filmed him because one police officer had decided the uniform itself was proof against him.“We take stolen valor seriously,” Vance said.

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At 8:07 on a Tuesday morning, an airport police officer seized me by the arm while I stood in Navy Service Dress Blues

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