One way traffic

Zowee. More G20 fallout: Just saw a spokesperson for the Police Federation refusing to agree that police officers covering their IDs was unacceptable. Combined with the “don’t let a few bad apples colour your perception of the entire force” rhetoric which has been trotted out over the past few days, you end up with an argument under which the police are neither individually nor collectively accountable when things go wrong.

I have nothing funny to say about the idea that the police should be allowed to operate anonymously. Particularly in situations where their role is to ensure the public can exercise its democratic rights in safety.