Another Bad Shoot: Cop Kills Fleeing Suspect With the Wrong Gun

By Robert Farago

You may recall that BART policeman Johannes Mehserle shot Oscar Grant III to death when he mistook his gun for a TASER. Mehserle went down for that one, a killing caught on tape by a passerby. This time, a police body-cam shows 73-year-old Tulsa, Oklahoma reserve deputy Robert Bates shooting and killing alleged gun dealer Eric Harris as he was fleeing arrest. Once again, a police officer claims he accidentally pulled his gun instead of his TASER. “I shot him, I’m sorry,” Bates says on the body-cam video. “He shot …read more

Via:: Truth About Guns