US cop who killed black man had falsified training records

‘The Tulsa County Sheriff’s office has ordered supervisors to falsify the training records of a US police deputy who fatally shot an unarmed black man after he had meant to stun him with a Taser.

The incident came to light after video footage emerged showing Reserve Deputy Robert Bates, 73, shot dead Eric Harris in Tulsa, Oklahoma on April 2. Bates is now facing manslaughter charges.

Now sources are saying that supervisors at the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office were ordered to falsify Bates’ training records giving him credit for field training he never took and firearms certifications he should not have received.’

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