I get annoyed when people let bad actors off the hood by obscuring their names with asterisks. We know who the overall "bad guy" is in this scenario, but right

I get annoyed when people let bad actors off the hood by obscuring their names with asterisks. We know who the overall "bad guy" is in this scenario, but right up until the whole asterisk thing, we had a person whom we could point to and request or demand an explanation from. Then, it would be on them to pass the buck, call the police, whatever.