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Some numbers suggest it could be violent. civilian casualties from fighting on the ground were up 8% from the same period last year. now to a story out of oklahoma. adding to the debate over law enforcements use of force. 73-year-old robert bates, a volunteer sheriffs department was charged with manslaughter monday after a video showed him shooting 4 4-year-old erik harris after a sting operation. harris was unarmed and the sheriffs office claims it was an accident. heres kevin tibls with more. ...

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Office. >> but without getting off on a tangent, you did the training and you can prove that you are certified? >> that is absolutely the truth i have in the writing. >> matt if i may just briefly, the so-called evidence of falsified training records comes from a person terminated by the sheriffs office seven years ago. he signed an affidavit. mr. bates would have been with the department as a reserve just about a half year or a year at that time so seven years ago, thats their evidence. he is a...

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Had no intention of killing him. in the meantime now questions surround bates training and reporting from the tul "tulsa world" that alleges those papers were falsified. first, heres robert bates with family and attorney earlier this morning on "today." >> mr. bates, i want to talk about your training about your training records in a second but i want you to take me back to april 2, the day this happened. you were not supposed to be actively involved in the arrest of mr. harris you were suppos...

Records, giving him credit for field training he never took and firearms certifications he should not have received. at least three of reserve deputy robert bates supervisors were transferred after refusing to sign off on his state-required training, multiple sources speaking on condition of anonymity told the world. robert bates is, of course, the 73 the-year-old man who, in his role as a volunteer reserve deputy, shot eric harris while he was being arrested and handcuffed by tulsa county deput...

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The newspaper reports three of bates supervisors were transferred after refusing to sign off on his state required training. >> we began hearing right away after the shooting actually i had heard it several years ago in connection with the same individual. but several reporters heard this inside and outside of the "tulsa world" repeatedly. we began to interview the sources and we felt like enough sources, four or five people after a while, saying the same thing and documents that corroborate thi...

>> right now what were doing is my office and the attorneys in my office are investigating the facts surrounding the death of eric harris. we have an obligation to do due diligence and to investigate all facts and look at any and all potential claims that could be brought. those claims would be claims against the sheriff himself and both as an official and individual capacity as potentially the board of county commissioners that allowed that sheriff lance, in our opinion, to essentially run wild...

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