name on, too?

Also, the name's been posted on Facebook.

The horse has left the barn on that policeman. Once the name was out, it was easy to find out a great deal about him.

Every single one should have been shut down.

Oh look, the alleged rapist's account is still active
twitter.com/WhiteboyLaflare

You know all his buddies who also tweeted her pic still have their accounts too.


Rape culture doesn't exist though.

Twitter is wrong. These are not ordinary "private" citizens like you or me. A police badge and ID includes a name and photo. It s a legal public record which is supposed to be produced on demand to prove their legitimate authority.

I suspect someone in power called Twitter and asked for a favor.

It's a service that you sign up for and you agree with their tos to use it, much like DU. If they don't like you, they can dump you--it's not like a you have a "right" to a twitter account--they have the right to refuse service to anyone they'd like.

Twitter's lawyers probably looked at the context of the situation and decided that they didn't want to be an unwitting accessory to murder, so they took down the pic and closed the account to limit their liability. I don't think they were reacting to "higher authority," I think they were reacting to their bottom line. By doing that, they shield themselves from liability if anyone goes after that policeman.