Goodgulf:
The weird bit isn't that he wouldn't sign that sort of release (why would anyone want to be identified as someone who took that sort of photo?), but that so many idiots sign releases so that they can be shown doing stupid things.
Everybody wants their fifteen minutes of fame these days, or so it seems. I remember the rioting in LA after the Rodney King verdict some time ago. Many of the looters were interviewed
on camera by TV newscasters and held up some of their ill-gotten goods and mentioned other stuff they snagged and even gave a "shout-out" to their friends or a "Hi, Mom" to their mothers and then were shocked,
shocked to later be arrested and convicted based on the evidence they themselves provided. It's a good thing for law enforcement that most criminals are dumb...