Why No Apologies in Jefferson Case?
* After reading Tammerlin Drummond’s column (“Reporter’s Notebook: Tragic Case Left Its Scar on Everybody,” March 24) about the Amber Jefferson case, I have a question.
The story makes it clear that, following the incident, many people, including “Hollywood celebrities and civil rights activists” vilified the Orange County Sheriff’s Department regarding the initial investigation. These people accused the Sheriff’s Department of covering up the incident and that the investigation was “just another example of the racism prevalent in Orange County.” The Jefferson family insisted that the “Sheriff’s Department version was all lies.”
My question is this: Now that the true facts have been determined, why have none of these people come to the media to apologize and commend the Sheriff’s Department for the obviously competent and professional manner in which the investigation was conducted?
I believe their failure to do so is a direct result of their total lack of ethics, integrity and intellectual honesty.
THOMAS N. KLEIN
Capistrano Beach
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