What is so special about Eric Thompson that his mugshot was released?

What is so special about Eric Thompson that his mugshot was released? Since the Ninth Circuit ruling, there are no photos with other press releases and my request for booking photos for alleged molestor Markus Evans and repeat, dangerous offender James Leach was denied. Evans was a request to HCSO and Leach to EPD and these are only two examples.

https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2024/10/first-hcso-now-epd.html?m=1

I don't want HCSO PIO Meghan Ruiz to answer the question, I want Sheriff William Honsal and whoever at the County that is releasing selective mugshots to respond. I am also still waiting on the HCSO policy on criteria for release of booking photos.

HCSO Press Release:

On Nov. 22 at about 7:30 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the Chevron gas station on Central Ave. in McKinleyville for the report of a disturbance involving a male subject refusing to leave and threatening the cashier with a knife.

Deputies arrived on scene as a male subject was exiting the Chevron station. The subject surrendered the knife and was subsequently detained for questioning. The employee reported that the suspect, later identified as Eric Robert Thompson, age 59, of McKinleyville, had previously been asked not to return to the store due to his erratic behavior.  When Thompson came back to the store, the employee told him he had to leave, and he was not welcome in the store. Thompson threatened to kill the employee, and he threw a knife at the clerk. The clerk had to move out of the way in order to avoid being struck by the knife.

Security footage from the business provided evidence corroborated the clerk’s statement, and Thompson was arrested without further incident.  

Thompson was then transported and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility for:

Assault with a Deadly Weapon—PC245(a)(1) 

Threatening a Crime with Intent to Terrorize—PC 422(a)