[lentulusgracchus]

Olive skin has been whitewashed already.

What did you mean by that? This is not a good time for archness, obscure or learned references, or labored metaphors. Please restate.

[aristeides]

Olive skin could have been part of a disguise, or the perp might disguise it away now.

[spycatcher]

Olive skin has been whitewashed already.

What did you mean by that? This is not a good time for archness, obscure or learned references, or labored metaphors. Please restate.

WHITEWASHED:

-- To conceal or gloss over

-- To make white; to give a fair external appearance to

The suspect has been ID'ed as an olive-skinned or hispanic appearance over police radio, but the skin color gets whitewashed by the official and mainstream media sources so as to implicate white military male gun enthusiasts (presumed guilty) and not implicate Middle Eastern terrorists (presumed innocent).