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Herschel Walker Says The Infamous Badge Is Real. That’s Terrifying.
Handing non-cops badges is generally a bad idea. Handing this guy one is awful.
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Wannabe Cop Who Shot and Killed a Black Man Says He's Sorry But He Shouldn't Have Been Sent to Prison
Remember Robert Bates? Sure you do. He was the old, white Oklahoma man who wanted desperately to be a cop, so he donated loads of money to his local police force and, in turn, was allowed to be a volunteer deputy and participate in ride-alongs and even had a real working gun, which he used…
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Ex-Cop Convicted of Killing Unarmed Black Man Caught Drinking at Bar in Apparent Violation of Parole
A wealthy Oklahoma ex-deputy released after serving less than half his sentence for shooting and killing an already subdued, unarmed black man was recently spotted having a few cocktails at a local bar, which would be perfectly fine if the terms of his parole didn’t specifically forbid him from doing so. For legal purposes, we…
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Tulsa County, Okla., Agrees to Pay $6 Million in Excessive-Force Lawsuit Over Death of Eric Harris
Tulsa County, Okla., officials settled a civil rights lawsuit on Friday when they agreed to pay the estate of Eric Harris $6 million; Harris 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 after Tulsa…
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Wannabe Tulsa, Okla., Cop Who Killed Unarmed Black Man Released From Prison After Serving Less Than Half His 4-Year Sentence
Well, if you wanted evidence as to how little this country values black lives, look no further than Tulsa, Okla., where a white former reserve deputy (aka a wannabe cop) walked out of prison, scot-free, after serving less than half of his already meager four-year sentence for killing an unarmed black man. Robert Bates, 76,…
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Wannabe Tulsa, Okla., Deputy Who Killed Unarmed Black Man: ‘I’ve Been Condemned’
The volunteer Oklahoma sheriff’s deputy who killed an unarmed black man last year said he’d “pretty much been condemned,” and says he doesn’t expect to survive his four-year jail sentence. Robert Bates, 74, told NBC News from jail that shooting Eric Harris during an April 2, 2015, sting operation in Tulsa, Okla., was a “horrible…
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Okla. ‘Play’ Cop Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Fatally Shooting Unarmed Man
Tulsa County, Okla., Reserve Sheriff’s Deputy Robert Bates, who fatally shot an unarmed black suspect, was sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday. The 73-year-old volunteer sheriff’s deputy maintained that he had been reaching for his Taser during an April 2015 undercover sting operation when he accidentally grabbed his gun and shot Eric Harris as…