Yes, I was also severely disturbed by that photo. There are really good and important reasons for the separation of military and police, and the blurring of that line over the past two decades is going to have massive ramifications that I don’t think American society fully appreciates.

As an aside, I have severe qualms about the article (see my other comment) but that doesn’t mean there isn’t truth in that photo, nor does it mean that someone highlighting that such as yourself should be downvoted.