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Oklahoma Reserve Deputy Pleads Not Guilty to Manslaughter
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21.04.2015
Robert Bates, the Oklahoma reserve sheriff's deputy who says he mistook his gun for his Taser when he shot and killed a man earlier this month, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to second-degree manslaughter.
A judge set a hearing for July 2. The judge allowed Bates to take a previously planned vacation to the Bahamas. Bates did not address reporters as he entered and left court.
Bates, a 73-year-old retired insurance executive who volunteered with the sheriff's department in Tulsa, was providing backup during a sting on April 2. He shot and killed Eric Harris, who had allegedly tried to sell a gun to an undercover officer and then bolted.
A lawyer for the Harris family said he was not surprised that Bates had pleaded not guilty — but he was surprised about the vacation.
A judge set a hearing for July 2. The judge allowed Bates to take a previously planned vacation to the Bahamas. Bates did not address reporters as he entered and left court.
Bates, a 73-year-old retired insurance executive who volunteered with the sheriff's department in Tulsa, was providing backup during a sting on April 2. He shot and killed Eric Harris, who had allegedly tried to sell a gun to an undercover officer and then bolted.
A lawyer for the Harris family said he was not surprised that Bates had pleaded not guilty — but he was surprised about the vacation.
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