Eugene "Bear" Lincoln, the central figure in a case that focused attention on tensions between Indians and whites in rural Northern California, has been acquitted of 1995 charges that he murdered a Mendocino County sheriff's deputy and his own best friend. Lincoln, who said he fired on the deputy in self-defense, still faces weapons charges in a trial to begin next week.
California Indian Case
Eugene "Bear" Lincoln, the central figure in a case that focused attention on tensions between Indians and whites in rural Northern California, has been acquitted of 1995 charges that he murdered a Mendocino County sheriff's deputy and his own best friend. Lincoln, who said he fired on the deputy in self-defense, still faces weapons charges in a trial to begin next week.
