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Was killed by mr. bates. >> andre harris, dan smullen, thanks so much for joining us. andre, please send our best to your family. i know this is a difficult time for you all especially when this is a story taking the headlines of course. but i know youre mourning is very private and very intense. your thoughts are with us. >> thank you very much. >> john. >> thanks so much, michaela. hillary, marco rubio, rand paul ted cruz theyre all in. but joe biden is what exactly? what do his recent comme...

His chest. >> we also asked bates attorney this very question. he said bates experiences a phenomenon called slip and capture. >> which means your intended behavior slips off track and is captured by another behavior that might be more well rehearsed or motorized inturnly than your initial intention. so what ends up happening is you do the opposite of what you intended. >> ed lavandera joins us now from tulsa. we had a professor on in the last hour. criminal justice professor said theres no peer...

In pain while the officers continue to restrain him. >> stop fighting. >> there are plenty of questions about how this 73-year-old bates could end up on an operation of this high risk. many wonder if bates close relationship with the sheriff led to this assignment. over the years, robert bates has donated several vehicles including a dodge charger, a crown victoria and a toyota avalon along with video equipment and $2500 donations to the sheriffs re-election campaign. >> they have taken the fact...

Prove a thing. >> do i want her in my living room the next four years. >> fun and new. lets go to the story out of tulsa, oklahoma add to go the debate over law enforce thes use of force. 73-year-old robert bates, a volunteer sheriffs deputy was charged with manslaughter on monday after a video from a deputys body camera showed him shooting 44-year-old eric harris after a sting operation. harris was unarmed and the sheriffs office claims it was an accident. shear kevin here is kevin tibbles oi...

Big money to play a cop in his spare time. >> it is absolutely mind-boggling that you have a wealthy businessman who has been essentially deputized to go play like he is some outlaw. i mean he is just cleaning up the streets. >> reporter: sheriffs officials say bates has undergone extensive training and he says in the statement that he assisted violent crimes task force 100 other times. >> no matter how you cut it up, deputy bates met all criteria, on council of law enforcement and training to b...

Businessman whos been essentially deputized to go play like hes some outlaw. like hes just cleaning up the streets. >> sheriffs officials say bates has undergone extensive training and bates himself says that hes assisted the violent crimes task force at least a hundred other times. >> he hasnt paid to play a cop. no matter how you cut it up he met all the criteria on the counselling and training to be in the role he was in. >> reporter: so could he have confused his two weapons? eric harriss at...

73-year-old insurance executive and reserve sheriff deputy. he now faces a charge of second-degree manslaughter. police released this video friday, showing bates fired his weapon believing it was a taser. >> he believed it was critical to get harris subdued. >> the family questioned why bates was even on the scene with a weapon to begin with. >> its awful hard would you tell me getting emotional to really understand how he felt laying there with a knee to our head, people sprawling you out, a 74...

Part in the sting operation in the first place. a lot of accusations going back and forth. ed lavandera is live in tulsa where this happened. harris attorney is saying that bates bought himself the chance to play cop through campaign donations and through other financial support for the sheriffs office. we just saw him turning himself in. what are you hearing on the ground? >> reporter: as we saw just a few minutes ago, robert bates did arrive here at the sheriffs office in tulsa to turn himself...

>> >>. >> oh, god. oh, he shot me. he shot me, man. oh, my god. >> you hear me? >> im losing my breath. >> the voice you hearsaying he shot the suspect is that of a man named robert bates. a 73-year-old insurance executive whos now charged with second degree manslaughter. if youre wondering what a 73-year-old insurance executive was doing with a badge, a taser and a suspect dying at his feet? youre not the only one. how he came to be in the position to use deadly force is drawing attention from ...

[ 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...