From: "Jeff Wood", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yes, in this case I think I do have a problem with
anonymity.
In a terrorist or Yardie matter, there may be good
reason for individual police officers to fear revenge
attacks. However, in what seems to have been, essentially,
a sad case, it isn't immediately obvious why the
policemen who shot a civilian, and are accounting for
themselves in what is a court, shouldn't at least give
their names.
If in similar circumstances I as a civilian had shot
this chap in an emergency, I doubt if anonymity would
have been granted to me. On reflection, if I hadn't
been willing to account for myself, I would have no
business taking on the responsibility.
Uniforms, peaked caps, numbers rather than nametags
all tend to give the wearers anonymity, and distance
them from those they should represent, and who pay
their salaries and pensions.
Yours sincerely
Jeff Wood
Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org
List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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