A few days into the unrest that followed, an Iraq war vet tweeted a photo of himself next to one of a cop on the streets of Ferguson, noting, “The gentleman on the left has more personal body armor and weaponry than I did while invading Iraq.” Not just that: the cops in Ferguson were clad in head-to-toe camouflage, as if the olive and sandy brown color scheme would help them blend into the McDonald’s parking lot they were patrolling.
