article_snippet.sent: A memo has revealed that Robert Bates,73, who has been charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Eric Harris, was given special treatment when A prosecutor was admitted into the Deputy program.
article_snippet.sent: A memo concludes Robert Bates didn't receive special treatment for admittance into the Deputy program, but that Robert Bates received special treatment once admitted.
article_snippet.sent: Robert Bates was said to have used Robert Bates personal car while on duty and made unauthorized vehicle stops.
article_snippet.sent: Bates appeared in Tulsa district court on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the death of Harris, who was killed during a botched sting.
article_snippet.sent: Charged: Bates (left in Bates mug shot) shot Eric Harris (
article_snippet.sent: Bates, a Tulsa County volunteer, shot Harris, 44, after the man was confronted during an undercover gun-sale operation and ran past the man.
article_snippet.sent: Video of the incident shows Bates chasing after Eric Harris.
article_snippet.sent: In an attempt to subdue Eric Harris, Bates went to grab Bates Taser, but was unaware Bates had actually pulled out Bates gun instead.
article_snippet.sent: In the disturbing clip, which was released by the sheriff's office, Bates can be heard shouting 'his Taser!
article_snippet.sent: When the gunshot goes off, Bates says: 'I shot the gunshot!
article_snippet.sent: This photo shows a deputy bending down to pick up Bates's dropped gun following the accidental shooting in Tulsa earlier this month.
article_snippet.sent: Eric Harris is being held down on the ground, out of shot, by other deputies .
article_snippet.sent: Eric Harris son Aidan Fraley (pictured right with Harris' son Aidan Fraley uncle Andre Harris a week after Bates father's death), has said the police officers who allowed Bates to become a cop should be held accountable for his father's death . '
article_snippet.sent: Dan Smolen, the lawyer for Harris' family, said the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office violated a number of the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office internal policies by letting Bates carry Bates personal handgun after training with another weapon.
article_snippet.sent: Bates released during the weekend showed that the reserve officer was trained on a .45, not the weapon used in Eric Harris death.
article_snippet.sent: Bates, who sold his insurance business for $6 million in 1999, was trained to be a Tulsa Police Department patrolman in 1964 but left in 1965.