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>> roll your stomach now! [ gunshot ] >> im sorry -- [ bleep ] [ bleep ] i shot him. oh -- he shot him. he shot him. [ bleep ] >> stop fighting. stop fighting. >> he shot me. he shot me. he shot me. >> with me is criminal defense attorney tom mesereau who once defended michael jackson. tom, welcome back to you. i just wanted to begin with this phrase "excusable homicide." this is what mr. bate attorney is arguing -- mr. bates attorney was arguing. you hear mr. bate saying im sorry, this was a mi...

[ shot ] >> i shot him, im sorry. >> he shot me! he shot me! >> bates attorney says theyll fight the manslaughter charge in court, while the family of the victim, eric harris wants to know how such a mistake could happen. >> youve got to see, theres no way an officer can get this confused for this. >> youll see that mr. bates has a yellow taser strapped to his chest. he has a 357 revolver in his right hand. >> this still frame appears to show the taser the familys lawyers are referring to. its a...

A taser. lets get more from cnns ed lavandera. >> reporter: john and christine, the shooting death of eric harris is under scrutiny especially since the reserve deputy robert bates, 73 has been charged with manslaughter. officers here in tulsa and his attorney says this shooting was an accident of misfortune and bates should not be charged with criminal conduct. he was acting within his duty as a reserve deputy in this case. his attorney spoke with us and made that case. >> he is very upset abou...

Know he was quite shocked when his gun went off. >> reporter: robert bates grabbed his handgun instead of his bright yellow taser that was attached to his chest. an attorney for the family of eric harris doesnt know how that can happen. there are questions as to why robert bates was involved in an operation like. this this. the attorney for eric harris says bates paid his way into the force after donations to the department. sheriffs officers here in tulsa say that is not the case. they say he h...

Mistakenly pulled the trigger. >> roll on your stomach. now. [ gunshot ] >> i shot him. i >> he shot him. he shot him. >> stop fighting. >> he shot me! >> bates attorney calls the shooting an excusable homicide but the victims family says bates paid to play a cop and did not have enough experience. >> there was enough experience on top of my brother, knees in his head to not even have to use a taser. for it to be that many people around him and him go to use a taser really didnt make any sense. ...

>> thanks to halle for that report. officials in tulsa, oklahoma are investigating the fatal shooting of a man trying to flee an undercover gun deal. while police say he was trying to sell an illegal gun to a deputy, body cam video shows harris running from deputies. hes then tackled to the ground. reserve deputy screams taser, taser, but instead of shooting his taser, bates fires his weapon. >> on your stomach. now. [ gunshot ] >> i shot him, im sorry. >> bates is a civilian volunteer with th...

You just heard mr. bates attorney making the case. what do you say? >> clearly, this guy didnt do it intentionally to pull his gun out and kill this guy. we could probably say that there was no intent to kill. but what is really strange. why do you have a volunteer officer on a gun buy operation? you know where you got to have detectives. >> he is 73 years old. >> well thats another thing. he is 73 years old, all right. and usually, when you have a taser, you got to have the taser on one side an...

Im sorry. >> the family pushed for the video to be released. it shows robert bates helping deputies chase harris down after police say he sold the gun to an under cover cop. when bates caught up he reached for his gun instead of his taser. he was rushed to the hospital where he died an hour later. police say he did not commit a crime. it is up to the da to decide if he will face charges. minutes a deadly shooting minutes after a toddler is killed by a van after darting into the street. the drive...

Bates to get voters to pay attention to the voice. she has a choice. is heshe going to cede the ground to martin omalley or take it for himself? we hope theres a race for the top when it comes to economic populism. >> well leave it there. great to have you with us tonight. thats "the ed show." "politicsnation" begins with reverend al sharpton. good evening rev. >> good evening, ed. thanks to you for tuning in. we start with breaking news out of indiana. just moments ago, ceos from some of the st...

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