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April 19, 2015
Amount of time? his lawyer says bates could have been trying to cram in these classes for certification before the end of the year. but, again, cnn has independently requested these documents from the tulsa county sheriffs office. they cant provide them because they are a part of the ongoing investigation. we tried to go to a place that obtain the documents but they say bates would have to sign off on a release or a court order would have to be issued before they can release the documents. at th...
April 19, 2015
The president of afghanistan says isis has claimed responsibility for an attack. attorneys have released some of the training records for robert bates, the 73-year-old sheriffs deputy charged in the shooting death of a suspect in oklahoma. in an interview, he disputed a report that sheriffs office supervisors were ordered to falsify his training records. back to lock up. due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. so this is my crib. this is 414. got a big 13-inch tv. you kno...
April 19, 2015
[ bleep ] [ bleep ]. new information this morning on on a deadly shooting that was reported by a police body camera. reserve deputy robert bates says he pulled out his gun instead of his taser and killed eric harris. cnn reported the story first last sunday. since then, a lot of attention and focus has been on the training he received and now cnn has obtained new documents suggesting bates had proper training to be in the field. the records, which were released by bates lawyer includes his tra...
April 19, 2015
Remains free on $20,000 bail. >> a former judge and trial attorney here. good to see both of you. its really unusual. there are a lot of things unusual. usually you have a police-involved shooting and the last person you hear from is the police officer at the center of the investigation. here we are seeing a very talkative mr. bates and his attorney providing this material flooding the market with documents, incomplete or otherwise. whats the strategy here? most attorneys would not be recommendi...
April 19, 2015
Seven days after the story broke, they do appear to certify robert bates training but, at the same time, they are also raising several questions. i want you to take a look at some of the documents released by robert bates attorney yesterday. these documents seem to show that bates actually went through at least one taser training class over six and a half year period. bates attorney supplied the documents and says the states only requires one hands-on class on these tasers and then bates firearm...
April 18, 2015
>> mark you said bates should not have done this interview because the prosecution could use his words against him in court. do you hear anything potentially incriminating? >> the whole thing. hes admitted to the whole elements of the manslaughter. it is not intentionally. they charging him with manslaughter. he just gave the prosecution with every element number one. and number two, i dont want to diminish the fact that im sure he feels bad about it but there is going to be a prosecutor that wi...
April 18, 2015
Even though he did not qualify. >> reporter: but bates stands by his credentials saying he was fully trained and qualified to be on the sting operation involving harris. and that he has documentation to show he completed the necessary training required of reserve deputies. >> that is absolutely the truth. i have it in writing. >> reporter: but the harris family attorney questions the authenticity of any documents. >> do you think these documents have been falsified? >> absolutely. i think if the...
April 18, 2015
Recommends quote, treatments to patients and has medical conflicts of special. thanks for being with here this afternoon. much more straight ahead in the newsroom and it all begins right now with poppy harlow. 3:00 eastern, youre in the cnn newsroom. im poppy harlow with you this afternoon from new york. this just into us at cnn. tulza, oklahoma where an armed reserve deputy shot and killed a man earlier this month. so far the sheriffs department had not been able to provide the paperwork th...
April 18, 2015
On my list of things in my life that i regret. >> bates, who had been a volunteer with the tulsa sheriffs department for several years says he cant explain why he confused his gun for his taser. even though they were positioned in very different locations. >> my taser is right here. on the front. tucked in a protective vest. my gun itself is on my side. normally to the rear. >> the naacp and others are calling on the justice department to launch an external investigation, following reports from ...
April 18, 2015
Nation and giving this case the attention it needs. >> and what about what mr. bates said at apology and what do you think? >> i would like to say that we accept mr. bates apology. ive been forgiven of my sins of things in my past and absolutely i forgive mr. bates. however we still have to shine the line on the darkness. we still have to unveil this evil. mr. bates shouldnt have had to use a taser on my brother. mr. bates shouldnt have shot eric with a .357 magnum. mr. bates has a price to pay....