Posted on 04/13/2015 12:41:00 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
In America's latest police shooting white millionaire volunteer Bob Bates, 73, says he shot dead black suspect Eric Harris after accidentally using his gun instead of a Taser
A white septuagenarian police reservist who gunned down an unarmed black suspect has been cleared of wrongdoing by his force in the latest fatal shooting to shock America.
Bob Bates, 73, a millionaire insurance executive, was accused by the victim's family of being a "pay to play cop" who was allowed to go along on police operations after he donated equipment, including cars and guns, to the Tulsa County Sheriff's Department in Oklahoma.
Mr Bates had also been the chairman of the Tulsa County Sheriff Stanley Glanz's election campaign in 2012.
He became involved in a chase for suspected drug dealer and weapons supplier Eric Harris, 44, on a suburban street near a Tulsa supermarket on April 2.
By the time he caught up Mr Harris was already subdued on the ground by other officers but Mr Bates fired a single shot.
In a video of the incident, recorded on a camera attached to another officer's sunglasses, Mr Bates could then be heard saying: "Oh, I shot him. I'm sorry."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
184 replies. And now we learn the "cop" was another wanna-be.
Sounds like he will be sued personally, as well as the jurisdiction who let him play policeman. Usually, there’s no point in personally suing a cop for civil damages, because he isn’t wealthy on his own.
I, uh, I thought it was a...
uh, ...Taser!
Yeah!
I thought my gun was a Taser! That’s the ticket!
What? No "oops"?
Is policing in Tulsa so mundane and so boring that any boob with a big bankroll can buy his way on to the force and without training become a genuine peace officer? Talk about inept. This is the height of stupidity. And unfortunately Bates will probably walk on this.
“You killed a guy because you like to play cop?”
“So what? It’s just a hobby!”
Kinda like untaxed cigs.
Never mind his claim that he thought his .38 pistol was a a taser, in a situation such as that described, why would the guy even think it was appropriate to shoot a subdued suspect with a taser?
It’s crazy to let wannabe cops like this guy ride along. He had no business being there.
” Like YOU’VE never killed anyone while pursuing YOUR hobby!”
Mr Bates had also been the chairman of the Tulsa County Sheriff Stanley Glanz's election campaign in 2012.
"cleared of wrongdoing by his force"? If ever a case screamed for outside investigation, this is it.
In all seriousness, perhaps an objective, independent entity needs to review this case.
Might wanna subtract one or two from those multi-millions by the time the Harris family lawyer gets finished...
They armed this guy??
Some other cops need some retraining.
They would if he shot someone at the Red Cross.
Seriously? Was Harris on crutches?
I remember in the first few months of the George W., administration, there was a charitable organization that supported military families that had allowed a large donor to take the wheel of a submarine when it was surfacing and it surfaced under a tourist ship filled with Japanese tourists, killing several. I didn’t know you could pay to do such a thing, or pay to be a cop wannabe. Pray that the wealthy never take an interest in ICBM’s.
Democrats shooting democrats... theres a problem?..
As soon as Reverend Al hears of this... He’ll be on the next plane.
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