Is is a fair question to ask? Should veterans relatively fresh from foreign combat be policing urban american conflicts such as these? Is there a chance that the manner in which tasks were carried out in the service may carry over to the police force in a negative fashion? I don't know, but I think it is something that certainly should be thought about. Not blamed by any means, but thought about. I personally would much rather have a service member on the local police force than the myriad of overweight or elderly men on the force here in jax...
In my opinion it is pretty clear there are some significant problems with police militarization. I am not referring to the employment of vets here but rather the weapons, assault vehicles and tactics used by police. That being said it seems likely that people would question the role of veterans in "militarizing" the police force. It isn't all that surprising to me that people would question the placement of vets recently returning from active service into these riot situations.