in pain while the officers continue to restrain him. stop fighting. there are plenty of questions about how this 73-year-old bates could end up on an operation of this high risk. many wonder if bates close relationship with the sheriff led to this assignment. over the years, robert bates has donated several vehicles including a dodge charger, a crown victoria and a toyota avalon along with video equipment and $2500 donations to the sheriff s re-election campaign. they have taken the fact that this man has been good to the community and has been ben evlnt to the community and a great citizen for our town and made it something bad or sinister. that s the unfortunate thing. his lawyer talked about bates emotions about the shooting that has this sheriff s office defending his use of volunteer deputies. obviously, he is very upset about what happened. he feels badly.