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Well, i dont know if i think that a 73-year-old insurance broker should be involved in a sting and how did this all come to happen? when mr. bates was asked by matt lauer this morning about whether he was essentially a play cop, this was his response, take a listen. >> mr. bates, in the wake of this incident you have been portrayed as a wealthy and generous supporter of the sheriffs department and a close friend of the sheriff, who has been rewarded for your financial support with the opportunit...

He says it could have happened to anyone. he also has a message for the victims family and for those who say he threw his money around to play cop, and that story is next. people ship all kinds of things. but what if that thing is a few hundred thousand doses of flu vaccine. that need to be kept at 41 degrees. while being shipped to a country where its 90 degrees. in the shade. sound hard? yeah. does that mean people in laos shouldnt get their vaccine? we didnt think so. from figuring it out to ...

And a crime and an attempt to make the science into excusing mistakes and not a successful attempt in the bart case. >> the bart case youre referring to is in oakland for viewers that dont know. >> thats right, where there was a claim of the reaching for a taser and a lethal shooting of somebody and the officer in that case was convicted and was sentenced to incarceration. >> now, robert bates also responded to accusations that hes a wealthy supporter of the sheriffs department who has been rewa...

Instead, fired his gun. >> i slot him. im sorry. >> lrs later died. beats claimed in the heat of the moment he mistook his pistol for the taser. nationwide, the number is about 50,000. in many jurisdiction reservists make financial contributions to the department. beats has contributed thousands. >> the point is if have you enough money, you get to go play cop. >> reporter: the sheriffs office says beats has once been a police officer and has had more than 400 hours of training as a reservist, l...

Was formally charged with second degree man slaughter. >> i feel that theyre unwarranted and shouldnt have been brought. >> bates was acting as backup when the suspect in an undercover sting operation bolted. 44-year-old eric harris was selling an illegal gun. a scuffle ensued picked up by police body cams. bates pulled what he says he thought was his take us taser, but instead, fired his gun. >> i shot him. im sorry. >> paris later died. bates claims in the heat of the moment, he mistook his pi...

Nbcs kevin tibbles has that report. >> reporter: 73-year-old robert bates was formally charge edd with second degree manslaughter. >> how do you feel about the charges? >> i feel they are unwarranted and shouldnt have been brought. >> reporter: he was acting as backup when the suspect bolt eded. 44-year-old eric harris was selling an illegal gun. a scuffle ensued picked up by police body cam. bates pulled what he thought was his taser, but instead, fired his gun. harris later died. bates claims ...

Supported by a testable theory, theres no peer reviewed articles that would support this, theres no known rate of error, its not generally accepted by the scientific community. its not something in most courts that would be admissible as evidence. >> wealthy people who want to -- who are donating money to law enforcement and get to be reserve officers, i guess they do go through some training, theres different levels of training, it also sounds like this guy bates is also close friends with the ...

At any level to get prosecution. so they have to come up with a theory thats realistic, work and can somehow overcome the giant obstacle of the florida stand your ground law, which defeated a lot of righteous prosecutions. here is what i think the theory is. this guy is self appointed vigilante want to be cop who thought, maybe because somebody happened to be black, that he was a crook up to no good. i do suspect there was racial profiling in the mind-set of george zimmerman. so he the wannabe c...

Bates pulled what he thought was his taser, but instead fired his gun. >> i shot him. im sorry. >> harris later died. bates claims in the heat of the moment, he mistook his pistol for his taser. there are more than 100 reserve deputies with the tulsa sheriffs office. nationwide that number is about 50,000. in many jurisdictions, reservists make financial contributions to the department. bates has contributed thousands. >> if you have enough money, you get to go play cop. >> bates had once been a...