POLICE BRUTALITY CASES: WALTER SCOTT MURDER & MORE

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Robert Bates (left) -- the Oklahoma pay-to-play reserve deputy who mistakenly shot his pistol instead of his taser at a subdued suspect last April -- was just found guilty of second degree manslaughter. He faces up to 4 years in prison. Good.

Eric Harris (right) was shot to death when Bates decided he wanted to tase Harris at a drug bust, even though Harris had already surrendered and been subdued by two other officers. Video of the incident is posted upthread, post #143.

The investigation revealed that several officers had complained that Bates was not qualified to be in the field many times before the Harris incident. Bates also had some excessive use-of-force complaints against him and did not have the required training certificates.

The Sheriff who told officers not to complain about his buddy Bates because Bates donated lots of money, was indicted last year.

Bates' lawyer tried to argue that Harris died of drugs and a health condition instead of the gun shot, but the jury didn't buy that bull. It took the jury three hours to find Bates guilty.

http://www.fox23.com/news/jury-finds-rob.../245339744