SECRET POLICE: L.A. to Keep Secret Names of Police Involved in Shootings

From the LA TIMES:

Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Police Commission sent mixed signals today about its new policy of withholding the names of officers involved in shootings, as it affirmed the policy adopted in secret last year with a formal, public vote.

So: Now a secret informant, who you can't face yourself, can lie to the police that you're a drug dealer or something. That informant is probably just saying what the prosecutors want to hear, because he's got a sweet deal to rat out people to avoid jail. Police dressed up in para-military gear can come to your house in the dead of night and bust in without knocking. One of them can shoot and kill you, secure in the knowledge that his name will never be made public.

Secrecy, lies, and obfuscation throughout - this is out "criminal justice" system today.