Combat vets are a different critter...

And in the marines there are few clerks and jerks other than the band....

And if you are a marine and do two tours in Sandlandnistan and walk around without a trumpet you have my respect.

If you are then shot in the back of the head at approximately the same range as President Lincoln while engaging peacefully in first amendment guaranteed behavior then the assumption HAS to be that the shooter either is a sympathizer with your proven enemies (Taliban/Al Que ada) or an insane anti-american Nazi.

Which do you suppose the cop was.

Then, the video shows he threw a grenade into those attempting to render first aid-something John Wilkes Booth wouldn't have dreamed of. Lacking insignia, those people were still obviously attempting to render first aid and as such the second assault may have violated the Geneva Conventions.

The guy who pledged to "protect and serve" instead decided to critically wound and harass his betters. He needs to be jailed and both he and municipality sued.