Police As Military in Post-Racial America

If a police officer sees himself as a soldier, does he start searching for his own personal enemy combatants, even if there aren't any to be found...in broad daylight....in the middle of the street?

Reading about the sad death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri leads to lots of other online destinations, but I found this tumblr especially poignant and depressing. David Simon's Two Baltimores, John Edwards' (can we still mention him?) Two Americas, Obama's post-racial USA; only one is a seemingly mythical destination. And despite progress, it could continue for quite some time. We seem caught at the intersection of our own (economic, racial, religious, pick one or more) self-segregation, our easy comfort with violence, and our baffling acquiescence to any and all authority.