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MetallicArcher wrote: I don't know about CRWBY ever confirming it. But I am certain it was never said in-show.

There was even a perfect opportunity for Ozpin to said it when Yang asked him why he lied about Lionheart's dead.

But instead we got "because he was a good person once". Didn't we also get the "Unity is more important than the truth" answer as well?

Because a faunus headmaster conspiring with faunus terrorists makes for an even worst headline, only furthering Salem's cause to divide humanity.