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Offense, the sheriffs office look bad. those reporters told me this morning they have five different sources on this. whats your reaction to what were hearing from the sheriffs office and bates own attorney? >> well we have our own sources, both former and current employees of the tulsa county sheriffs department that have confirmed the falsification of these records. falsification of records is kind of the m.o. of the tulsa county sheriffs department. theres other federal litigation going on ri...

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Aclu and lawmakers are calling for the investigation into the shooting death of eric harris. robert robert bates said he pulled his gun instead of his taser. the sheriffs office admitted the training records were missing. an attorney for the harris family says there is no way the reserve deputy belonged on the streets with a weapon to begin with. >> it may be semantics. the sheriff said theyre lost. it doesnt mean they will never than found again. we are trying to figure out where the training r...

New hydro boost. from neutrogena. breaking his silence. now were hearing publicly for the first time from the tulsa reserve deputy robert bates. this comes after he was charged with second-degree manslaughter for what he says is the accidental shooting death of eric harris. >> this morning on the "today" show, bates apologized to the harris family for the incident and vowed he did make a mistake. he never intentionally wanted to kill harris. he mistook his gun for his taser. he also showed exa...

Waived by the sheriff, although its not clear that happened in bates case. tulsa world enterprise editor joins me now. good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> what do we know about bates records and what still remains unclear? >> well a lot remains unclear. the sheriffs department handed out a thick list of courses that bates had allegedly taken and passed, 400 hours to become an advanced deputy. this is about a week ago, and now after we published the story in which sources, five source...

End. thank you, ed. so deputys directing traffic in a louisiana school zone and he gets ambushed. officials say corporal burt hazel hazelton was attacked in an act of apparent road rage. he was shot after being called to the car by a deranged driver. the officer saw a gun and the driver presented it to him but then opened fire with a different weapon. he was able to return fire slowed the shooter, called for backup. hes in stable condition but being monitored closely. the suspect is in custody...

Here or certified deputy in the state of oklahoma. so he very much has the same protections that a full-fledged deputy has. this is a volunteer position. donating hours. theres limits as to how long these deputies can work but they have the full range and full scope of protections that regular deputies do. >> all right. ed lavandera for us there in tulsa, oklahoma. thanks so much. and if you didnt see the interview, nbcs matt lauer pushed bates on the issue on the "today" show this morning. bate...

Bates is the only reserve deputy to donate to the sheriffs office to that extent. and according to "the new york times," quote, the video of the shooting was taken by another deputy, google glass, which mr. bates had donated to the force. charlie, i think everybody is scratching their head at how could it be the case that this man, this gentleman is in this position to be not just as a reserve deputy to come on -- they know is possibly going to be a dangerous operation. its a sting of a gun purc...

Processions or help with crowd control, working fairs. should they be out on the streets in police cars working to apprehend suspects? i would say that that is not -- that was not the original tent. >> thanks for joining me i appreciate it. as weve been talking about, weve been keeping track of how youre responding to our bing question, both during my interview during the entire show and frances has an update with where we stand. >> im curious to see where they stand. this was the bing pulse que...

And a crime and an attempt to make the science into excusing mistakes and not a successful attempt in the bart case. >> the bart case youre referring to is in oakland for viewers that dont know. >> thats right, where there was a claim of the reaching for a taser and a lethal shooting of somebody and the officer in that case was convicted and was sentenced to incarceration. >> now, robert bates also responded to accusations that hes a wealthy supporter of the sheriffs department who has been rewa...