update on rich "play cop" who killed man (Eric Harris) while serving as volunteer cop

[Demovictory9]

Tulsa County Oklahoma officials settled a civil rights lawsuit on Friday when it agreed to pay the estate of Eric Harris $6 million after he was shot and killed in 2015 by a man so rich, county officials allowed him to literally play a game of cops and robbers.

The case made national headlines when Tulsa County officers invited 73-year-old Reserve Deputy Robert Bates along for a gun sting meant to ensnare Harris. Harris was chased down and subdued by officers when Bates, a wealthy insurance executive with an affinity for law enforcement, shot Harris in the armpit. Bates claimed that he mistook his gun for his Taser, but was sentenced to four years in prison for second-degree manslaughter.


Bates was deputized as a reserve officer by his a fishing partner and benefactor, Tulsa County Sherrif Stanley Glanz. Gates had donated vehicles and equipment items to the Sherrif’s Department and gave money to Glanz’s political campaigns, serving as the campaign manager during Glanz’s 2012 run for Sherrif.

The Harris family lawsuit sued Bates, Glanz, and four other officers for excessive force and civil rights violations. The civil suit alleged Glanz of “turned a blind eye to these dangers … to allow his friend and financial benefactor to ‘play cop’ in the streets of Tulsa County.” It also charges that Bates was improperly trained.

https://www.theroot.com/tulsa-county-agrees-to-pay-6-million-for-eric-harris-e-1823669726

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[rpannier]

1. Bates was improperly trained.

This is a general problem with law enforcement agencies in many places
Along with a lack of accountability by the public for police actions

[packman]

2. I love the irony and sarcasm in the cited article

Glanz ( the sheriff) eventually resigned his ofice after he was charged with misdemeanor crimes in a subsequent investigation.

Robert Bates (the shooter) served 497 days of his four-year sentence and was released in 2016.

Eric Harris is still dead.

[Fullduplexxx]

6. He murders someone and does 1.25 years

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. I remember that story....

thanks for the update.

[BobTheSubgenius]

4. As we've all heard before:

"Money is a poor remedy for the loss of a life...but it's all we've got to offer."

Is $6M enough? Of course not, but how much would be?

[keithbvadu2]

5. Surely Bates would have rushed in to the active shooter at the high school.

Surely Bates would have rushed in to the active shooter at the high school.

(Sarcasm thingie goes here)