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Attorney for robert bates. mr. brewster great to have you on tonight. lets begin with what exactly your client -- we heard about how mr. bates was supposed to be backup. he was that last patrol car, almost ran into this man heading toward him. walk me through what happened. >> well, mr. bates and the team was briefed that mr. harris was a six-time felon. he had armed robbery conviction assault and battery on police officers escape from a penal institution. he had been known to be selling drugs a...

His attorney calls it excusable homicide and calls the blunder an act of misfortune and it talks about training and their qualifications to be in the middle of life and death situations. good morning, ed live in tulsa. >> reporter: as those questions swirl around this case and the tulsa county sheriffs department we have been told by the attorney of robert bates that he is supposed to turn himself in sometime today to the authorities he works for. >> he was caught on tape allegedly selling an il...

Cnn.com. its powerful, and it is shocking. its been a world, and the world has not done enough to bring the girls home. thank you very much. thats it for me. thank you very much for watching. ill be back at 5:00 room. ill have more coming up next. for viewers in north america, newsroom with brook baldwin starts now. thank you very much. great to be with you on this tuesday. im brook baldwin. youre with me on cnn. i want to begin this hour with the volunteer deputy who admitted he shot and ki...

Surrendered to authorities and posted bond today in tulsa, oklahoma, on charges of second-degree manslaughter involving culpable negligence. those charges stem from the videotaped shooting death of 44-year-old resident eric harris. video from another deputys body camera shows the april 2nd incident in which deputies pursued the fleeing harris on foot. harris is knocked to the ground and officers tried to subdue him with calls of taser. the video captures the sound of a single gunshot. >> i shot ...

Rebels in yemen. iranian backed rebels control much of the country. draft resolution could face a veto from russia. >> a deputy in tulsa, oklahoma facing second degree manslaughter charge. bates accused of killing a black man. the white officer says he sdernt accidentally fired his gun instead of his tears. it happened during an undercover weapons sting and foot chase. eric harris later died at the hospital. >> after more than a monthen jail, five chinese feminists have been released. authoritie...

If he was expected to stay in the car, he needed to do that. it sounds like the other officers had it handled. were seeing a small snippet here. >> youre right. dylan, to you, your paper did demanding a more thorough vetting of the reserve deputies. tell me exactly what tulsa world wants. >> well reading the editorial today, they basically want a review of the program. i mean i think the sheriffs office said they review it every year. i think they werent -- they werent maybe completely satisfied...

What im so mindful of in talking to the mayor in tulsa and the defense attorney for mr. bates, one of the things were learning is that this officer who accidentally instead of tasing shot and killed this man. my question to you, harry would be were learning he was a police officer for the city of tulsa, this is all according to the local newspaper in tulsa, for one year back in the 60s and then becomes this reserve deputy in 2008. has given money to the sheriffs re-election commin. couple years ...

The aftermath. >> when you get home probably be a good idea to kind of jot down your thoughts of what happened. and then when the adrenaline quits pumping and stuff -- >> its pumping. hey, hey, everythings okay okay? i just shot somebody. yeah. everythings okay. >> reporter: now perhaps shedding more light into the past history of officer slager 2014 dash cam video from an alleged victim who says slager used excessive force. hes filed a lawsuit as of friday against the city of north charleston a...

This is a status he gained and here in the state of oklahoma were told that some of these reserve deputies are depended on in many different kinds of roles and they have, perhaps, more power than in other parts of the country. generally, these are the types of officers you see maybe working traffic at a sporting event or something like that. what is perhaps a little bit more controversial and whether or not it is something thats up for debate is, in an undercover sting operation. here officials ...

Physically to perform the tasks. >> the message this sends is as long as you have plenty of money, you can play sheriff. >> reporter: before the shooting, harris an ex-convict was caught on camera in a sting operation, allegedly selling a gun to an undercover officer. harris however, was unarmed during the scuffle. and now yet another investigation into yet another deadly shooting. >> robert bates was booked and photographed in the county jail earlier today. he was released shortly after posting...