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The so-called reserve deputy who shot a man dead in tulsa. >> stop fighting! >> he calls it a huge mistake that he grabbed his gun instead of his taser. two weapons that he is supposed to be well trained on. well, heres another problem and it is a big one. nobody can find any paperwork that shows bates was trained to the departments standard. or, had any business being out there with a gun and a badge. cnn talked to reporters who are closely covering this story in tulsa and they say that theyve ...

Reasonable over and over again. they come down to whether mr. bates was conducting himself as a reasonable officer whether or not those other officers conduct themselves reasonably in that particular situation. very complicated. but two other issues i want to consider here. malcolm xs grassroots movement put a report that every 28 hours, these killings happen by law enforcement or vigilante but mr. bates is in between. more and more law enforcement rely on citizens to come in and volunteer. mr. ...

Reassigned other areas. >> lets go to my colleague ryan young. i know that the attorney for this rererveserve deputy has responded to allegations from the newspaper. what is he saying? >> brooke he says he had the training. but look robert bates has been a part of this sheriffs department for quite some time. some people were wondering whether or not he paid to play in terms of the sheriffs office because hes donated five cars to the sheriffs office some video equipment. he even ran the sheriffs...

That were hearing right now. great to see you all. have a great day. "legal view" with randi kaye in the chair starts right now. this is cnn breaking news. hello, everyone. im randi kaye in today for ash ely banfield. welcome to "legal view." breaking news in the tulsa police shooting that could change the whole dynamic of this story. serious questions about his training and allegations of a cover up and falsified records. top officials are denying it all, but the more we learn about that de...

Know of. he sets a very high limit on training. bob achieved that. the training hours logged here would be local training documented. the training that he received he attended classes in dallas washington florida and other states that are documented by third parties. >> so youre saying this it would add up to 480 hours? >> well it will add up to in excess of that because not only do you have the local training and the national training but lets focus on the issue here. he wasnt involved in any k...

You know there could be several reasons for this. one, he just simply may be more comfortable working the room. the other thing is he might be trying to give off the impression that hes shedding off his political uniform and that hes one of the people as he tries to potentially make this bid for the oval office. >> pretty cool. thanks for being with me this morning. developing now, an update on the story we told you about earlier. report that robert bates, the man who shot and killed a man two...

>> we have clark brewster on the program tonight. he is the defense lawyer in this case. and he tweeted this last night about what the other officers on the scene did and said. he tweeted saying, the language used by the officers, not mr. bates, was wrong and indefensible. andy coats, whats your reaction to that? >> well, im not sure its all that relevant. the real question here is what is the culpable negligence of the guy that pulled the trigger? thats the guy that you filed the criminal charg...

>> reporter: there are many more new questions arising around this case and especially the training erin as you mentioned of robert bates. the sheriffs department here in tulsa isnt saying much. >> roll on your stomach. >> reporter: you can only see a quick glimpse of tulsa sheriff reserve deputy robert bates in the video when eric harris is shot and killed during an undercover sting operation. >> [ bleep ] >>. >> reporter: but how the tulsa county sheriffs department allowed about ates to work ...

Volunteer deputy who shot and killed an unarmed man. >> roll on your stomach. >> i shot him. im sorry. >> oh, [ bleep ]. he shot me. >> thats the video of the moment. this news more controversial. the tulsa world reporting that deputy robert bates did not earn his job on the force. sources tell the paper that supervisors of the sheriffs office were ordered to falsify bates records giving him credit for field training he never took and firearm certifications he never earned. questions were raised...

Standing with someone or know about someone that is about to commit a potential crime, you should call 911 and let authorities know. a lot of journalists would say, however, your job is to be an observer, not to be a participant unless absolutely necessary. there are times when journalists need to make that 911 call. what i heard ben say and maybe hell tell us here, he really, truly believed this man posed no threat. there was a plan to land on the lawn, not to crash into anybody and this man, d...