Sheriff’s Deputy Who Accidentally Shot And Killed An Unarmed Man Charged With Manslaughter“Robert Charles Bates, the 73 year-old insurance-executive-turned-volunteer-cop who was caught on video fatally shooting an unarmed black suspect was charged...

Sheriff’s Deputy Who Accidentally Shot And Killed An Unarmed Man Charged With Manslaughter

Robert Charles Bates, the 73 year-old insurance-executive-turned-volunteer-cop who was caught on video fatally shooting an unarmed black suspect was charged with second degree manslaughter on Monday. The charges allege that Bates demonstrated “culpable negligence” when he shot and killed Eric Harris while Harris was fleeing police. Under Oklahoma law, culpable negligence is defined as “the omission to do something which a reasonably careful person would do, or the lack of the usual ordinary care and caution in the performance of an act usually and ordinarily exercised by a person under similar circumstances and conditions.”

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  24. robertmarkenger said: What about the other cop? The one who pinned the black man to the ground AFTER he was shot, and who told him to shut up when he complained of being shot and not being able to breathe?
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