controversial shooting involving police in the u.s. state of oklahoma. robert bates will face second-degree manslaughter charges after killing a black man, he says he accidentally fired his gun instead of his taser. he s a white reserve deputy who worked as a full-time police officer police officer just one year and that was decades ago. just moments before he was shot i m sorry. i m sorry. eric harris was captured on surveillance video appearing to sell a 9 millimeter semi-automatic pistol and ammunition to an undercover sheriff s deputy. moments later, harris spots a swarm of undercover agents and runs. a deputy tackles harris. that s when 73-year-old reserve deputy robert bates shouts that
questions turned to why bates, an unpaid certified reserve deputy was on the scene in such a sensitive and high-risk situation. mr. bates lacked really any kind of training. he had been a tulsa police officer from 1965 for one year and never passed his probationary period. they say he was given the rights due to his long-standing support of the sheriff s department. you ve heard the sheriff s department say, like any other officer could do, but he could do it with no training. and he could do it just with total access. carte blanche freedom to do what he wants to do. that s incredibly dangerous to a community. a sheriff s department spokesman tells cnn that it still stands by the deputy s actions. but the d.a. s office makes it