It is May, 1968. The counterculture has swept across the United States, and the antiwar movement is raging. James Carroll, a deeply conservative New York City police officer, is both angered and saddened by the excesses of those on the Left whom have come to camp out and protest in Central Park. One afternoon, he meets Olivia Beauregard. Though liberal and freespirited, she and James quickly develop feelings for each other. But their romance cannot stop the world around them. When an attack on the police is met by an order to cleanse the park, neither James nor Olivia is willing to compromise for the other, putting to danger everything they share together.