{"id":959,"date":"2015-04-27T13:05:53","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T13:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/?p=959"},"modified":"2015-05-12T12:08:31","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T12:08:31","slug":"reserve-deputy-in-oklahoma-accidentally-shoots-and-kills-fleeing-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/reserve-deputy-in-oklahoma-accidentally-shoots-and-kills-fleeing-suspect\/","title":{"rendered":"Reserve Deputy in Oklahoma Shoots and Kills Fleeing Suspect."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cYou have the right to remain silent.\u00a0 Anything you say or do can be used against you in a court of law.\u00a0 You have the right to an attorney.\u00a0 If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you. Do you understand these rights as I have just read them to you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/obmhzMb0dz4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Anyone who has watched a TV show or movie involving crime knows about Miranda rights.\u00a0 These are the rights that are read to every person who is taken into police custody.\u00a0 <strong>Sometimes, however, an arrest does not go smoothly.<\/strong>\u00a0 Police are sometimes required to use force to apprehend a person who does not comply with the request to surrender.\u00a0 In doing so, however, police officers are expected to use a reasonable amount of force.\u00a0 When that line is crossed, police officers must be held accountable for the injuries, or God forbid, deaths that they cause.\u00a0 <strong>In recent years, it has become clear that many officers abuse their power by using excessive force.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On April 2, 2015, officers from the Tulsa, Oklahoma Police Department were conducting an undercover operation involving illegal drugs and guns.\u00a0 The target of the sting operation was <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/newversenews.blogspot.com\/2015\/04\/these-days.html\">Eric Harris, an African American man<\/a><\/strong><\/em> who was a convicted felon prior to the incident on April 2<sup>nd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>According to CBS Local, 73-year-old Bob Bates was one of the officers involved in the operation.\u00a0 <strong>Bates was an insurance executive moonlighting as a reserve deputy for the police department.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police reports say that Harris ran when he saw police.\u00a0 A pursuing officer wearing a body camera chased Harris down and tackled him. As other officers joined the struggle, Bates yelled a warning that he was about to use a taser.\u00a0 He then pulled his handgun out and shot Harris.\u00a0 Bates later claimed that he had meant to use the taser, not his gun.\u00a0 <strong>Immediately afterward, a gunshot is heard on the video, as is an apology from Bates.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As Harris lay bleeding, officers continued to cuff him. When he was being cuffed, he gasped, &#8220;I&#8217;m losing my breath&#8230;&#8221;\u00a0 <strong>On the video, a voice can be heard replying: &#8220;(expletive) your breath.&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0 Harris died a short time later.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you or a loved one have been wrongfully assaulted by a police officer, please contact our <em><a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-personal-injury-information-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Boston personal injury lawyers<\/a><\/em> today.\u00a0 Call our <em><a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/\">Massachusetts law firm<\/a><\/em> at 617-787-3700.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cYou have the right to remain silent.\u00a0 Anything you say or do can be used against you in a court of law.\u00a0 You have the right to an attorney.\u00a0 If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/reserve-deputy-in-oklahoma-accidentally-shoots-and-kills-fleeing-suspect\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[28,4,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=959"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":967,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions\/967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}