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Just moments ago his spokesperson put out a comment saying theyre rolling out a were listening tour to clear up confusion over recent misleading statements over the local and national media news outlets. people can email their questions to the sheriffs department. >> thank you very much. lets get more on whats going on. joining us the naacp president and ceo, cornell brooks. also joining us the president of the national organization of black law enforcement executives cedric alexander and our cn...

Much money hernandez can have in his commissary account. >> but he would be foolish to do so. because other people who are poor, you know, will be very interested in helping him spend that money. and buying them things. >> many jobs will be available to hernandez in time, such as cleaning, scrubbing, sweeping, or mopping around the prison. but hernandez wont have to work if he doesnt want to. inmates earn about 50 cents an hour. and as far as doing what he loves, there is rec time, even for some...

I think this was inevitable that they would fight together and fall apart over who was going to control what. >> colonel, ben, thank you both very much. you saw him apologize on scene. now robert bates has apologized on national television for killing a man after he says he confused his gun for his taser. today the oklahoma volunteer deputy whos been charged with manslaughter broke his silence, speaking to nbc. at one point, the 73-year-old insurance executive demonstrated how exactly he was c...

Lets bring in gabe guttierez live from whats the latest on that investigation? >> reporter: state lawmakers calling for an independent investigation of the reserve deputy program as the. this morning questions are swirling about bob bates training. >> i shot him, im sorry. >> reporter: before the 73-year-old said he accidentally shot and killed the suspect in an undercover sting brace. on april 2, bates was acting as backup as a body camera captured sheriffs deputies chasing eric harris. bates s...

The aclu and makers in oklahoma are calling for an independent investigation into the shooting death of eric harris. deputy robert bates pulled his gun instead of his taser. there were reports that the training records were falsified. the sheriffs office admitted the training records were missing and training requirements may have been waived by the sheriff. bates gameclaims he took training from maricopa county arizona. the spokesperson in arizona said that is not offered to out of state office...

Accidentally shot and killed eric harris during an undercover sting. bates described the moment that he fired that fatal shot to nbc. >> 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 then realized it and dropped the gun. this was not an intentional thing. i had no desire to ever take anyones life. >> this interview comes one day after a report that claims that tulsa sheriffs office employees were told to forge the trainin...

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In fact allen said that will training is only available to members of the maricopa county sheriffs office meaning bates would not have been eligible. we dont an loup out of state people to take the class she said. joining us now is ziba bran citier the enterprise editor at the tulsa world who contributed to the report. 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 e...

What went through his mind when he fired the shot hitting harris? theres more fallout. aclu of oklahoma calling for criminal investigation and resignation of tulsa county sheriff glanz. it comes with the report that several falsified bates certification. brady, i want to start with what robert bates attorney said this morning regarding the allegation that supervisors false fied bates records. take a listen. >> so called evidence of false fied training reports comes from the person released from ...

Gun belt and taser on the nonshooting side purposely to differentiate if you have to reach for it, go way across your body to get it. in his case, he claims his taser was tucked up in his vest. again, with the proper amount of training, how do you mistake one for the other? >> he is yelling taser while this is happening. >> while reaching for something clearly not a taser. thats an unbelievable tragic error and not to say that mr. harris was an angel by any stretch of the imagination but he didn...