this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i m stephanie sy. police call it a mistake. the prosecutors in oklahoma say that they re considering charging a reserves deputy in the killing of a black unarmed man. this video has been made public and it says a lot. it says a lot. there is a lot going on in this story. 44-year-old issuing harris accused of selling an illegal gun to an undercover officer made a run for it when the police pulled him over. then this happened. the video from a police body camera. this is what you just heard. a gunshot rings out and a police officers says, oh, i shot him i m sorry. the suspect said, he shot me, oh my god and explains he s losing his breath. the officer s reply. f your breath. the shooter was 73-year-old robert bates who meant to shoot harris with his stun gun but used his gun. harris was announced dead an hour later. this comes a week after the shooting of another unarmed black man in south carolina also shot by an office
200 girls are hoping that the new government will bring the girls home. this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i m randall pinkston. a group of former educators in atlanta will find out today if they ll spend time in jail for their role in one of the biggest school cheating scandals in american history. sentencing gets under way for ten former teachers and administrators in atlanta s public schools convicted of conspiring to change scores on standardized tests so teachers can get bonuses and in some cases keep their jobs. what were some of the protesters saying about the case? we see some of them behind through. yes, they are just dispersing right now. they were very vocal this morning, and basically what they re saying is that they re not denying that this cheating was going on in the atlanta public school system, but they say that the teachers were victims of the system. they were trying to keep their jobs. they came under pressure and they were trying to meet.
good morning. good to be with you. i m anne-marie green. this morning, lawmakers in arkansas and indiana are working on changes to religious rights bills that caused a fire storm of criticism. the governor of arkansas backed away from his promise to sign the bill. this morning, indiana s legislative leaders are set to meet with business leaders including representatives of the indiana pacers eli lilly and sales force marketing cloud. governor mike pence, who signed the indiana bill faces stiff pressure from the business and sports world to give ground. mark is in washington. good morning, mark. reporter: good morning, ann-marie. the white house is weighing in. the indiana and arkansas legislation is, quote, not consistent with the values of the vast majority of americans. indiana lawmakers say they are close to an agreement on new legislation that would clarify the state s controversial religious freedom law. they worked into the night on wednesday. the question is denial
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