Ex-deputy says he feels ‘very bad’ about killing unarmed man
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A white former Oklahoma volunteer deputy has spoken publicly for the first time about his fatal shooting of an unarmed black man in Tulsa.
Robert Bates told KTUL-TV in an interview aired Thursday that he feels “very bad” about the 2015 shooting that killed Eric Harris and said he’s sorry for Harris’ family, adding that it also disrupted his own life.
Bates was convicted of second-degree manslaughter and sentenced to four years in prison for shoot
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