article_snippet.sent: Reserve Deputy Robert Bates is charged with second-degree manslaughter in Eric Harris death.
article_snippet.sent: Bates, who is free on $25,000 bond pending trial, shot Eric Harris with Eric Harris handgun after calling out, "Taser, Taser," -- an indication Eric Harris planned to use a stun gun to subdue Eric Harris following a brief foot chase with the other deputies.
article_snippet.sent: Amid questions about Eric Harris age -- 73 -- training and friendship with Reserve Deputy Robert Bates Reserve Deputy Robert Bates has said the April 2 shooting of Harris was accidental, and has apologized to the family.
article_snippet.sent: Eric Harris releases training records for Tulsa deputy charged in killing .
article_snippet.sent: But Eric said Eric office holds his office to the highest national standards of policing, and said Monday that the FBI had cleared the agency of any civil rights violations in the April 2 shooting of Harris.
article_snippet.sent: Reserve Deputy Robert Bates is white.
article_snippet.sent: Eric Harris was black.
article_snippet.sent: There have been allegations, first reported by the Tulsa World newspaper, that some of Reserve Deputy Robert Bates training records had been forged, or that Reserve Deputy Robert Bates was unqualified to be serving on the force.
article_snippet.sent: The sheriff denied those allegations, saying The sheriff was Reserve Deputy Robert Bates Reserve Deputy Robert Bates had qualified on the gun range and had extensive additional training.
article_snippet.sent: The sheriff said The sheriff was unaware of any forgery involving training records, and said The sheriff had not issued any training waivers for Reserve Deputy Robert Bates, with whom The sheriff has been friends for more than two decades.
article_snippet.sent: Eric Harris family has said the April 2 shooting of Harris reveals "a deep-seated problem" within the department and has demanded justice, and changes in policy.