Caught on video – another fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in the US, this time in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tulsa reserve deputy charged in
Caught on video – another fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in the US, this time in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Tulsa reserve deputy charged in shooting death of unarmed man.
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A 73-year-old reserve deputy says it was an accidental shooting, he mistook his service weapon for a stun gun while trying to control a man in his 40s who was resisting arrest.
The incident happened during a sting in which Eric Harris tried to sell an undercover police officer a semi-automatic pistol.
Reserve Deputy Robert Bates was trying to help officers take Harris into custody when he fired his gun.
The deputy has been charged with manslaughter.