an undercover officer, then running to escape. stop, stop, stop right here. and eventually being taken down by deputies. bates arrives to assist and shouts that he is going to tase the suspect, but shoots his gun into harris s back instead. oh, i shot him. i m sorry. the fatal mistake is now raising questions about whether bates should have been on the scene that day. should he actually have been serving in something like that? an audio released by harris attorney, the victim s brother questions police after they notify him of the event, calling it an accident. accident. freak accident. you ve got wealthy individuals with little to no training allowed to participate in a highly dangerous situation. it s dangerous not only to the citizens on the streets, but it s dangerous to fellow officers. with the taser being yellow and on his chest, for him to shoot my brother with a .357
remove the threat posed by harris possibly being armed with a deadly weapon. i never intended at that moment to use deadly force. i believe i was acting appropriately and in a reasonable manner. does it feel appropriate or do you and your family feel he was intentionally shot? oh yes. it was a situation where i didn t necessarily think that a taser should even be used. as you see the footage that was three or four maybe five people on him. we hadn t seen the whole tape so i m not exactly sure how many people are on him. but there was enough people on top of my brother, knees in his head to not even have to use a taser. for it to be that many people around him and him go to use a taser really didn t make any sense. and then with the taser being yellow and on his chest, for him to shoot my brother with a .357
killed eric harris say they are encouraged prosecutors file a manslaughter against deputy bates but can see it s cold comfort. the judgment for him to be involved in that kind of scuffle, here is what harris brother told us earlier this morning. there was enough people on top of my brother, knees in his head to not even have to use a taser for it to be that many people around him, and him go to use a taser, really didn t make any sense. and then with the taser being yellow and on his chest, for him to statute my brother with a .357 makes no sense to me, and i think it was it was overkill. let s talk more about this with cnn legal analyst and legal defense attorney paul kau win.
taser. for it to be that many people around him and him go to use a taser, really didn t make any sense and then with the taser being yellow and on his chest, for him to shoot my brother with a .357 makes no sense to me and i think it was overkill. i ll be right back. (music throughout) one coat coverage, one coat guaranteed, one happy couple. marquee, behr s most advanced paint and primer, only at the home depot.
mistakenly pulled the trigger. roll on your stomach. now. [ gunshot ] i shot him. i he shot him. he shot him. stop fighting. he shot me! bates attorney calls the shooting an excusable homicide but the victim s family says bates paid to play a cop and did not have enough experience. there was enough experience on top of my brother, knees in his head to not even have to use a taser. for it to be that many people around him and him go to use a taser really didn t make any sense. and then with the taser being yellow and on his chest, for him to shatt my brother with a .357