I'm glad yall are having a knee jerk reaction to a knee jerk reaction ....
All the article says that if they don't have ANY other identifying information, there is no reason to mention the race.
Tell that to the Sheriff up there. He was on TV last night saying that they would still include race for his agency. Other identifying information such as clothes worn by the perpetrator can be changed. Given time, a beard can be grown or shaved off. He named other "identifying information," but I don't remember what all he said.