Sarah dreams of beansQuestion for #journalists -- do you avoid naming cops even when their names are available?
I know police departments rarely release names of police, even when they get fired for misconduct. But then sometimes I wonder whether the names were available and just left out of news stories?
Like this is an article about a court finding that RCMP violated people's rights. No RCMP are named, but several protestors and the judge are fully identified.
The baseline level of secrecy around police makes it confusing as a reader, for me at least. Does this mean the court didn't know any names either, or that the finding was about "the RCMP" as a group, or just that the journalist left out the names?
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/02/19/RCMP-Violated-Charter-Rights-CGL-Arrests/
Ms. Que Banh@beandreams The RCMP COs sent to #Wetsuweten land defenders/water protectors camp were Brewer & Charney. They were both promoted. Charney was the one who slashed the emergency water tanks, during wildfires season. DLT Newman was the CIRG 'Indian Agent' they sent to that camp & to Gitxan territory to help terrorize Indigenous land defenders. I have met all of these RCMP CIRG domestic terrorists on mainland & on the island.
Charney should be in prison - he's the most unhinged & they put him in charge of most of the violent raids.
Charney should be in prison - he's the most unhinged & they put him in charge of most of the violent raids.
@PhoenixSerenity See this is exactly why I wonder! Protestors and activists know the names of lots of cops and can pick them out in photos, but it's so rare to find news that names anyone other than the police media spokesperson
clewI wonder if that has changed over decades.