GUILTY OK - Eric Harris, 44, fatally shot by Tulsa Co. deputy, 2 April 2015

[ZooSleuth]

Here's the link to that article:

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/colleagues-questioned-robert-bates-years-fatal-shooting

 

[nomoresorrow]

Your URL is missing some of its code such as 'http://' for example, and doesn't work.

Thank you i.b. nora for letting me know; hopefully this one will work...
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tulsa-sheriffs-office-had-investigated-robert-bates-in-2009/

 

[Rocco]

Bates waived his preliminary hearing. His arraignment is on Monday, July 13th.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/cour...cle_cf427680-a0d1-5931-a6ef-0f0bfe932f1d.html

 

[Rocco]

Trial to begin Feb. 8th.

http://newsok.com/former-reserve-de...bound-over-for-february-trial/article/5433461

 

[KaaBoom]

Trial to begin Feb. 8th.

http://newsok.com/former-reserve-de...bound-over-for-february-trial/article/5433461

This guy is going to get off scott free. His whole smug attitude makes me sick.

 

[IzzyBlanche]

This guy is going to get off scott free. His whole smug attitude makes me sick.

Of course he will. These types of flag-wavers will be among the jury pool:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ama-oklahoma-city-confederate-flags/30228809/

 

[KaaBoom]

Of course he will. These types of flag-wavers will be among the jury pool:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ama-oklahoma-city-confederate-flags/30228809/

Actually they will probably be the entire jury. Because thats who the defense lawyers will pick, and the prosecutor and the judge, who don't really want to see a cop (or rich wanabe cop) convicted, will not object.

 

[shadowraiths]

Oklahoma sheriff to resign after indictments linked to fatal shooting

TULSA, Okla., Sept 30 (Reuters) - Tulsa County Sheriff Stanley Glanz announced plans on Wednesday to resign after a grand jury recommended that he be removed from office and indicted him on two misdemeanors in an investigation spurred by the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a white volunteer deputy.

Scott Wood, an attorney for Glanz, told reporters his client was stepping down after the grand jury accused him of displaying gross partiality in office, willfully neglecting his duty, and corruption in office.

The former reserve deputy involved in the shooting, Robert Bates, is awaiting trial on a charge of second-degree manslaughter.​

MSN news

 

[mayqueen]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/01/u...isconduct-charges-in-killing-by-a-deputy.html

Critics have charged that Mr. Glanz [sheriff] broke the rules to allow an unqualified friend [Bates] operate largely unsupervised as an armed reserve deputy, endangering the lives of others, and intimidated the people under him into going along.

Mr. Bates, 74, an insurance broker who worked briefly as a police officer in the 1960s, led the sheriff’s last re-election campaign and had donated expensive equipment to the sheriff’s office, including vehicles. He has been charged with second-degree manslaughter involving culpable negligence in the death of Mr. Harris, one in a string of fatal shootings of African-Americans by white law enforcement officials that drew national attention.

I'm glad the sheriff has been indicted, and is stepping down.

 

[i.b.nora]

Glanz's resignation letter:

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2447778-tulsa-county-letters.html

 

[bluesneakers]

New judge resets trial date for former reserve deputy Robert Bates

The jury trial for former Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office Reserve Deputy Robert Bates has been postponed two months by a new judge assigned to the case after two judges recused.

District Judge William Musseman, who was assigned to Bates’ second-degree manslaughter case after a second judge recused last week, moved the former reserve deputy’s trial date from February to April 18.
...
District Judge Sharon Holmes on Dec. 7 opted out of presiding over Bates’ case without a request from the prosecution or defense.

Holmes announced her recusal to the parties in a private meeting, and the attorneys declined to comment on her reasoning.
...
Holmes’ recusal followed that of District Judge James Caputo, who granted prosecutors’ request to step down from the case on Oct. 30.

Caputo said his decision came after he was made aware of the role of a key witness in the case — Lance Ramsey, the deputy who led the operation during which Bates fatally shot Harris.

After the status conference Wednesday, Brewster and Assistant District Attorney Kevin Gray told the Tulsa World they do not have reason to question Musseman’s ability to try Bates’ case impartially.

A discovery and motions hearing is scheduled for Feb. 8.

 

[0101ABA]

Jury convicts ex-Oklahoma volunteer Sheriff's deputy in suspect's death

A former Oklahoma volunteer sheriff's deputy who said he mistook his handgun for his stun gun when he fatally shot an unarmed suspect last year was convicted of second-degree manslaughter on Wednesday.

Jurors handed down the verdict in the case of 74-year-old Robert Bates, a wealthy insurance executive accused of fatally shooting Eric Harris while working with Tulsa County sheriff's deputies last year during an illegal gun sales sting. Harris, who had run from deputies, was restrained and unarmed when he was shot.

(...)

Bates faces up to four years in prison.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jury-co...y-in-suspects-death-robert-bates-eric-harris/

 

[Montjoy]

Good riddance to another bad cop. Here's hoping there is a large civil suit against that sorry excuse for a Sheriff's department that thought him fit for service.

 

[KaaBoom]

Jury convicts ex-Oklahoma volunteer Sheriff's deputy in suspect's death

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jury-co...y-in-suspects-death-robert-bates-eric-harris/

Well, that was fast and somewhat unexpected. But it isn’t over yet. He has still got to be sentenced, and then he’ll appeal. He’s got a lot of money to keep fighting this. At least he is in jail for the moment.

 

[0101ABA]

After four hours of testimony, former Tulsa County reserve deputy Robert Bates was sentenced to four years behind bars Tuesday.

http://ktul.com/news/local/formal-sentencing-for-ex-reserve-deputy-robert-bates

 

[HoneyWest]

Ex-OK Deputy who killed unarmed black man released early from prison


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/ex-oklahoma-deputy-released-early-prison?utm_content=buffer7fdc5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A white former Oklahoma reserve deputy who fatally shot an unarmed black man in 2015 when he mistook his firearm for a stun gun was released from prison Thursday after serving less than half of his four-year sentence.

Family members of the slain man, Eric Harris, said they hope Robert Bates’ release will bring new attention to a federal civil rights lawsuit they filed alleging the ex-Tulsa County volunteer deputy was improperly trained and supervised.

 

[KaaBoom]

Ex-OK Deputy who killed unarmed black man released early from prison


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/ex-oklahoma-deputy-released-early-prison?utm_content=buffer7fdc5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

A little over one year for murdering a man. Life is cheap in this country.