I completely agree that veterans are good people and was in no way trying to imply that they weren't. All three of my children are veterans of the US Navy and I was and still am very proud. Let me expound. My kids father and my first husband is a cop. He has been with the CHP since 1990. It was common knowledge that military background helps you get into a law enforcement and that is understandable. He joined the National Guard for this reason. Things have changed since then though and veterans aren't rising to the surface in the job market as we know. In this climate, it's quite possible that vets aren't necessarily seeking out a career in law enforcement but it seems to be an option of last resort in a lot of cases.

"For Yeffiry Disla, 38, who is preparing for civilian life after spending four years in the Marines and 15 years in the Army, it's more like a marriage of convenience. "(Working as) a cop would be my fallback if I can't do something else," said Disla, who has served three deployments of 10 months or longer to Iraq and Afghanistan, "simply because I was an infantryman and those are my skills. Anything you want to see in a soldier, you want to see in a policeman."

But then, once they are in the force, this happens.

"There is a huge comfort level," said Cazador, who served in the Marines from 2005 to 2009 and is now a Santa Clara County sheriff's deputy. "In the academy my best friends were other prior military. We knew exactly how each other's brains worked. We could just look at each other. We didn't even have to communicate."

There are similarities in the dynamics of both when it comes to loyalty and comradery. Everyone sticks together and has each others backs. At this point, any kind of dysfunction or trauma may be masked or downplayed.

I'm not in any way saying that veterans are the problem. Quite the contrary. I suspect they are the convenient victims of the powers that be who need and unwavering army of protection once the torches and pitchforks come out. Just my theory though.