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Side normally to the rear. >> people are going to look at that mr. bates, and they are going to say how can you make this mistake? how could you think you were going for your taser on your chest tucked into that vest and accidentally pull your weapon? >> let me say, this has happened a number of times around the country and i have read about it in the past and i thought to myself after reading several cases, i dont understand how this can happen. you must believe me, it can happen to any one. >>...

>> all right, brooke. heres where things kind of break down. we have requested more than a week ago the full personnel file for mr. bates. we were told by an attorney for the sheriffs department that could not be released. the sheriffs department did release a long list of the different course and training courses mr. bates had gone through over the last seven years. that does not include the field training records and who signed off on all of that. on top of that we had statements from the sher...

Jim cavanaugh au law enforcement analyst and retired atf agent in charge, and david harris, professor at the university of pittsburgh school of law. i want to begin by saying who else we invited tonight who declined once again. we invited the sheriff to explain whats going on in his department. we also invited the defense lawyers for mr. bates. they could not make it tonight 37 one of them has already appeared on the program. zeba, i want to get to your latest reporting about this training that ...

File. what were seeing is apparently an affidavit, this is a person they asked to sign off on records after supervisors would not sign off on them and were transferred. it would be great if he would produce this paper he has. the sheriffs department never produced anything to show that he signed off on his training. gun squall fiction records are another question those have been lost. my response is no records have been produced and apparently he has them so -- >> bates and his attorney claim th...

Going towards neutral. no one voting and saying yes that interview helped his case. lets break it down as far as gender. men believed more strongly than women that bates interview did not help his case and more women thought it would help his case. in the last few minutes again here, men mostly voting here no one spiking up to agree that that interview helped his case. the majority from now to some getting close to neutral here. >> thanks so much. if you want to weigh in, pulse.msnbc.com. bates ...

Its looked at by independent eyes to ensure that fairness is looked into. >> representative i want to play more of what bates had to say, specifically what he said about whether it was intentional. take a listen. >> what were you thinking when you heard the shot? >> oh, my god, what has happened. the laser light is the same on each weapon. i saw the light and i squeezed the trigger and realized i dropped the gun. this was not an intentional thing. i had no desire to ever take anyones life. >> ob...

Whether bates was properly trained. we have five sources inside and outside of the sheriffs office and none of them are mr. crittedon. i guess the question would be why the sheriffs department felt this person was the proper person to sign off on the training. >> deputy krit tendon is the person he refers to as being in jail for first degree murder who signed off on it saying he did done a good job. well wait to see what comes out of this. ziva, thanks for taking time out for us again. >> thank ...

Listen. >> well, ive seen the affidavit that was submitted. its a redacted blacked out affidavit signed by a guy charged with first-degree murder in an adjoining county who hasnt worked at the sheriffs office in five years. i dont put a lot of stock in that report or the credibility of who would further that report. >> you said you have your own sources. it sounds like separate even from the tulsa world paper. can you share with us any of their names, their positions, what theyve said to you? >>...

Surrounding the report and what you heard, whats your reaction? >> well i think first of all i have to say i wasnt there at that department in 2007. i dont know exactly what happened and what didnt. i know the report in the tulsa world comes from multiple sources. my understanding is this person accused of murder 44 miles east is not one of those sources or not a major source. secondly, i think the allegations while at this point we do not know yet the exact evidence thats behind them are consis...

I have also attended a five-day homicide investigation school in dallas, texas, as well as received training by the maricopa county, arizona sheriffs department on response to active shooters." today the tulsa world revealed that there is no record of mr. bates receiving any training by the maricopa county, arizona sheriffs department as his statement to police investigators claims. lisa allen, chief media relations office for the sheriffs office said they had no record of mr. bates attending th...