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Be trained used an actual gun instead of a taser? >> reporter: first people need to understand the different terminologies here. mr. bates was a reserve deafty deafty -- deputy with the tulsa county sheriffs department different from a full-fledged deputy but sheriff officials he spoke to said mr. bates had gone through extensive training more than 300 hours worth of training was a certified reserve deputy in the state of oklahoma and essentially could operate with any other law enforcement offi...

Community. >> reporter: a sheriff department spokesman tells cnn it stands by the deputys actions but the d.a. office makes clear they see it differently charges robert bates with second-degree manselaughtermanslaughter. and, wolf, the sheriffs department we spoke with still supports deputy bates saying he had gone through extensive training reached the highest level of deputy program and inclined to be in that situation and it wasnt anything out of the ordinary and had done that worked in that ...

Is also on tape. its actually the body cam of another officer that captures the moment this reserve deputy shot this man allegedly on the run. here he is running. this is eric harris. the deputy says he used his gun instead of his taser by accident. the killing happened during a sting operation this month in tulsa county in oklahoma. sheriffs officials say harris was to be arrested for illegally selling a pistol. this was a veteran reserve deputy who pulled the trigger by the name of robert bate...

South carolina. slager charged with murder talking seemingly like lightly how his adrenaline is pumping and now ak cuesizationing of charging nor officer on the scene. lets begin with this new manslaughter charge in tulsa, oklahoma. cnns ed lavandera is on the scene. ed? >> reporter: well wolf those charges, criminal charge filed a short while ago here in the city of tulsa, and the attorney for robert bates the 73-year-old reserve deputy accused in this shooting says he is remorseful for what ha...

Officer. now, obviously, tasers were not in use back in the 1960s. but he is taser certified and receiving that training in 2009. and i would like to correct the record. mr. harris was not subdued at the time mr. bates decided to use or try to use his taser. he was still on the ground. he was not complying with orders. in fact he had resisted arrest ever since he jumped out of the cab of the truck and took off running. so the announcement made by bates, "taser" is to let the other officers know ...

Levelled against anyone except for officer slager. that officer about a week after his arrest remains behind bars being held without bond. pamela no. >> tell us, are there any protests planned for today there? >> certainly. we saw earlier this morning just a handful of protesters, about a dozen blocking traffic, continuing their demonstration against what they call a culture of indifference between the african-american community here and the police department. at 5:00 p.m. just behind me youll s...

Robert bates yelled "taser" and then he opened fire. let me just play that portion of the video one more time. >> all right. >> now! [ gunshot ] >> i shot him, im sorry. >> you heard him yell "i shot him, im sorry." and affect of course he says "taser." the question you just heard raced in atika shuberts shorting, there were already officers on the ground touching that suspect. it would seem in that situation you would never use atationer because it could injure the officers as well. it raises q...

Jury never got a smooth comprehensive presentation of the evidence by the state, which they deserved and never got. however, a lot of times we dont know why the judge delays, why the judge makes the decisions she does. so i dont really know why she did that. i know it hurt the states presentation. shes got two choices, pamela. life without parole, life with parole. she could be out in about 17, 18 years. time enough for her to be a young woman and kill another man. >> and i can guess what decisi...

The sheriffs office. he was also a frequent contributor to the tulsa county sheriffs office including $2,500 to the reelection of tulsa sheriff stanley glantz. there. >> are many reasons you want to help your police department. but certainly the appearance of paying your way into the situation, it rubs me the wrong way. >> reporter: bates has made no public comment and harris family is demanding an independent investigation. now there is nothing unusual erin in reserve deputies being used by pol...

Swarm of underare cover agents and runs. >> stot right there. >> reporter: a deputy tackles harris when 73-year-old reserve deputy robert bates shouts hell use this taser. >> now. >> reporter: the tulsa county sheriffs officer says bates instead grabbed his gun and pulled 9pull ed the trigger. >> im sorry. >> oh [ bleep ] he shot me. he shot me! >> stop fighting. >> [ bleep ] -- [ bleep ]. >> oh he shot me. he shot me. >> do you hear me? [ bleep ] -- ran! >> oh god. oh he shot me. i didnt [ blee...