With all of the crazy people posting bogus anti-government propaganda online and showing support for these insane Malheur occupiers, it only makes sense to protect the Oregon State Police officers who opened fire.  You would want these heroic officers exposed so that they and their innocent families could then be threatened and harmed by these nutcases?     Look at all the people that the Malheur occupiers harassed and threatened in Burns during the occupation.   There were numerous reports of that.

When the two Muslim terrorists that attacked that Mohammed Cartoon Drawing event in Garland, TX 10 months ago, the Garland Police officer that killed them both had his identity protected too.  It makes perfect sense to protect these officers as well.   These right wing extremists are also terrorists and religious fanatics too, just like the two Muslims that attacked in Garland.   In fact, the Mormon Church even publicly disavowed and criticized the Malheur protesters during the occupation.