But the fact is, Lincoln is a fugitive in this county, not somewhere else. The people who have answers to his whereabouts are here. Since we gave Tuso the opportunity to comment about this situation Tuesday, we're taking our turn now. If there has been misinformation in this tragic chain of events, it is the fault of law enforcement, not the reporters who have diligently tried to cover it. We mourn this tragedy like the rest of the county.
Nerves are tense, emotions are raw.
But that cannot justify the subterfuge that law enforcement is apparently so willing to employ. With so many allegations of civil rights abuses resulting from the search for Bear Lincoln, and so many discrepancies about what happened that April night, it's time for Tuso, his department and the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department to come clean, and share what they know with the public that they serve. And that public is not a national TV audience. All Rights Reserved.