The FBI has cleared the Tulsa County Sheriff’s department in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a volunteer deputy earlier this month. Sheriff Stanley Glanz said in a press conference on Monday that the special FBI agent in charge of the state of Oklahoma, Jim Finch, had informed him of the investigation's results earlier that morning. 'He told me the FBI has completed their investigation and they found no wrongdoing at the sheriff's office,' said Glanz, who also said there were no civil rights violations in the incident. Scroll down for video Sheriff Stanley Glanz told a press conference on Monday that the FBI had informed him of the result of the investigation into the shooting of Eric Harris by reserve deputy Robert Bates on April 2Sheriff Stanley Glanz told a press conference on Monday that the FBI investigation had cleared his department over the April 2 deathRobert Bates, a 73-year-old reserve deputy, continues to face second-degree manslaughter charges over the death of Eric HarrisThe two full-time deputies seen in the videotape of the incident have been reassigned for their own safetySheriff Glanz said he doesn't believe reports that Bates' training records were falsified and that he has in intention of resigning over the incident
Bates served as _'s re-election campaign manager in 2012 and has donated cars and equipment to the sheriff's office. Monday's news conference followed the release on Saturday of official records detailing _' training and certification.