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A taser. let's get more from cnn's ed lavandera. >> reporter: john and christine, the shooting death of eric harris is under scrutiny especially since the reserve deputy robert bates, 73 has been charged with manslaughter. officers here in tulsa and his attorney says this shooting was an accident of misfortune and bates should not be charged with criminal conduct. he was acting within his duty as a reserve deputy in this case. his attorney spoke with us and made that case. >> he is very upset about what happened. he feels badly. the incident completely took him by surprise. he has all the requ...

Officer. now, obviously, tasers were not in use back in the 1960s. but he is taser certified and receiving that training in 2009. and i would like to correct the record. mr. harris was not subdued at the time mr. bates decided to use or try to use his taser. he was still on the ground. he was not complying with orders. in fact he had resisted arrest ever since he jumped out of the cab of the truck and took off running. so the announcement made by bates, "taser" is to let the other officers know on the scene that he is about to deploy. and in fact i understand that one of the officers who was o...