article_snippet.sent: For the first time today, we feel like someone's starting to look at the other side of this as far as someone qualifications,' Scott Wood, an attorney for reserve deputy Robert Bates, said after the documents were released.
article_snippet.sent: reserve deputy Robert Bates spoke at length about the deadly incident for the first time on the Today show on Friday, where reserve deputy Robert Bates was flanked by reserve deputy Robert Bates lawyer and family members.
article_snippet.sent: reserve deputy Robert Bates also took the opportunity to apologize to the family of the man reserve deputy Robert Bates killed. '
article_snippet.sent: First and foremost let me apologize to the family of the man he killed,' reserve deputy Robert Bates said as reserve deputy Robert Bates became emotional. '
article_snippet.sent: The interview comes just days after reserve deputy Robert Bates turned reserve deputy Robert Bates in to face charges of second-degree manslaughter.
article_snippet.sent: Apology: reserve deputy Robert Bates became emotional as reserve deputy Robert Bates apologized to the family of the man reserve deputy Robert Bates shot dead during a botched sting operation on April 2.
article_snippet.sent: Oh my god, what has happened?' reserve deputy Robert Bates recalled thinking. '
article_snippet.sent: This has happened a number of times around the country, I have read about This in the past,' reserve deputy Robert Bates responded.
article_snippet.sent: The interview follows reports that reserve deputy Robert Bates, a millionaire insurance broker, had been allowed to 'play cop' after he donated pricey equipment to the department - a claim he called 'unbelievably unfair'.