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And that several people in the sheriffs department were demoted for not agreeing to sign off on those records. the only thing that the sheriffs department here in tulsa has released so far is a summary of courses that mr. bates has taken over the last seven or eight years. they refused to release the more specific details of those training records. >> one interesting thing during that matt lauer interview is he said he was the cleanup guy. he came in afterwards took photographs, but when the sus...

Also the start of the penalty phase days away for boston bomber. now the parents of the youngest victim say they dont want the death penalty for dzhokhar tsarnaev. bystanders jumping into action after a man falls on the subway tracks. we begin with developing news from oklahoma. nbc news exclusive interview with the sheriffs reserve deputy charged with manslaughter, robert bates speaking out about the day he killed a suspect, saying it was a mistake. this next video might be disturbing. >> on yo...

Lavendera picks up the story with the latest. >> its been more than two weeks since the shooting death of eric harris for the first time were hearing from the reserve deputy. 73-year-old robert bates. >> i shot him, im sorry. >> 73-year-old reserve deputy robert bates was charged with second-degree manslaughter after he used his pistol instead of a stun gun, killing eric harris. in an interview with nbcs "today show," bates says he still cant believe it happened. >> first and foremost let me apo...

Almost 300 hours of instruction in the past six years. but the tulsa county sheriff said in a radio interview this week his office has not been able to locate all of batess gun certification records, since the instructor no longer works there, and the "tulsa world" newspaper cited unnamed sources alleging he was gwyn training for field work he never did and firearm certifications he never received. bates and his attorney deny that. >> the so-called evidence falsified training records, comes from...

Of eric harris the man he says he shot when he mistook his gun for his taser. >> you know, i still cant believe it happened. >> reporter: in an interview on the "today" show, bates shares his version of what happened, revealing he was positioned several blocks away as eric harris allegedly tried to sell a semiautomatic pistol to an undercover officer. when harris ran towards batess location, he says he grabbed his gun thinking it was his taser and fired. >> i shot him. im sorry. >> oh, my god, w...

Very different locations. and he showed that on his body. any reaction to that? >> well i think thats consistent with our belief that this whole slip and capture phenomenon is just a red herring. >> hows the family doing? hows the family your clients, how are they doing after this loss? >> theyre exhausted. i think theyre emotionally drained, understandably. but theyre a tight family. theyre a tight unit. and theyre just looking for some good to come out of this. >> when you look at what were he...

Sentencing? can the desires of the parents of the victim be raised in sentencing by the defense? >> oh sure. because you have victim impact statements. >> so they could come to the court. >> that could sway the jury. >> absolutely it could. remember where this jury is your home state massachusetts, even though its a federal case. so dont have death penalty as state law. >> also a pretty horrible case. absolutely. also coming up were going to talk more about the tulsa reserve deputy who fatally...

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. >> tonight the naacp and others are calling on the justice department to launch an external investigation, following repor...

Know if those records exist or dont. >> i dont know. i just heard robert bates tell you know, say that he had a piece of paper that could prove hes certified and qualified, so i think he should just give that to the sheriffs department and we would all know. >> i want to play by the way, what bates and his attorney said on "today" about the questions raised by your story. listen to this. >> you did the training and you can prove that you were certified? >> that is absolutely the truth. i have it...

This should be across the board across the nation, a professional standard for professional law enforcement and police officers. i mean if you can imagine the benefactor of some hospital being allowed to stand shoulder to shoulder with the experienced surgeon and hold the scalpel and use the scalpel. its absurd. law enforcement, police work is a profession and must be treated and respected as such and without that type of national professional standard you will find individual departments, entit...