. >> brian bates says street prostitution infests his oklahoma city neighborhood. >> don't be bringingookers down here, buddy. >> brian is a husband and father, with a teenaged son living at home. if brian can see it, kids can, too. and what kind of parent would want their children to see this? >> no child should have to grow up where their memories of childhood involve prostitutes, drug dealers, and pimps. >> in the mid-'90s, brian bates first notices lewd behavior in his neighborhood and files reports with the police. but he feels his complaints fall on deaf ears. so he decides to do something about it. he picks up his video camera and takes to the streets. >> i hope you're not married. >> and before long, the media notices. >> he calls himself the video vigilante. >> and bates realizes he's on to something. >> for some reason, when an eyewitness tries to relate it to the police, it just doesn't have the punch that the video has. the video says it all. and that's really all i am. i'm just a security camera that moves around. >> it starts out as just a man and a video camera, but quic

. >> brian bate, a self-proclaimed vigilante, run johntv.com it expose a widespread culture of prostitutionn thoroughfare -- south robinson avenue. >> it started in 1996. i was working at a local hospital, i was in their marketing department. i live downtown to be close to my work. his never seen prostitution. i didn't know it existed. i thought we had an awful lot of friendly people in my neighborhood. a lot of ladies walking around. a lot of cars driving around. a lot of people waving at each other. i soon realized that was prostitution. >> as seen previously on "caught on camera," bates sets out to clean up the streets. in even more recent videos, exposes the exposed. [ bleep ] >> i cooperated with the police, i joined my neighborhood association. one day i decided to use my video camera. i walked up to a car, a prostitute was engaged in second with her customer. what do you say? i uttered the words, "you're busted, buddy." you're busted, buddy. >> in 2013 bates follows one couple to a well known spot, an alley at an apartment building. isn't long before he catches them in the act. >> ho

brian. robert bates defended himself saying confusing a taser and a gun could happen to anyone calling thisng he regrets the most in life: for the first time since robert bates says he accidentally fired his gun instead of his taser killing unarmed suspect eric harris, the 73-year-old is speaking publicly. on nbc's today show bates denied allegations that he was not fully trained or certified to handle his weapons. >> that is not correct. i have a written piece of paper to say i had done a good job. >> reporter: the claim coming from the tulsa world newspaper which cites unnamed sources in reporting the department falsified training records including firearms certification and that supervisors were transferred after refusing to sign off. >> there are people who have been concerned about deputy bates and his lack of training for quite awhile. >> reporter: the sheriff's department insists he completed all required training. though the tulsa county sheriff acknowledged on a radio show this week bates records are incomplete after one of his trainers left for the secret service. >> we can't find

tonight about whether bates who is a former insurance executive who had donated thousands of dollars to the sheriff's department in tulsa, was qualified to be on the street. brian young is live tonight. ryan i know you have been digging investigating into bates' past what have you learned today? >> well we have been talking to a lot of law enforcement officials just about how even the taser and gun is set up. most law enforcement agencies across the country, the gun is on one side taser on the other side to make sure no one gets confused when they grab either one. 73-year-old robert bateses turned himself into the tulsa county jail before posting bail. the insurance ceo and volunteer deputy now faces second degree manslaughter charges for the death of eric harris in an undercover operation that went wrong fast. this voedio shows the moment harris makes a run for it after deputies say he tried to sell them a gun. >> stop right there! >> you could hear bates say he's going to use his taser. instead, he pulls a gun and fires a shot. that ultimately kills harris. >> shot him. i'm sorry. >> you can hear harris screaming in pain while the officers continue to restrai

bates was treated differently. >> there was an investigation that occurred. i believe that they found that there was no special treatment. >> briandwards, the undersheriff who apparently received the report says he doesn't remember the investigation into bates' behavior. the sheriff's office says no action was taken on the investigation's purported findings. on thursday protesters in tulsa demonstrated calls on sheriff glanz to resign. >> it's time for him to step down no question. public records show that bates has purchased a number of cars equipment and other things from the sheriff's office since he joined in 2008 and we also learn thad the judge who was assigned too bates' manslaughter case is considering whether he should recuse himself because of his close ties to the sheriff's office. norah? >> thank you. >>> troubling details are emerging in the death of freddie gray. a lawyer for one of the arresting officers says gray was not wearing a seatbelt in the police van to the station. officers used both happened cuffs and leg irons to restrain him. it angered protesters. they clashed with police last night outside city hall.

bates claims that it was an honest mistake. will it hold up in court? to discuss i'm joined by a criminal defense attorney. brian, a couple things. let's go to the heart of this. do you think it was wise for him to actually do thisn the court of public opinion? >> deborah, absolutely not. that was a lethal mistake on his part. it underscores the fact that he clearly did not belong on that police department. he had his gun, his revolver in a different position than where his taser was. when he's out there saying like this can happen to anyone what message does that send to the public? he should be saying this shouldn't happen to anyone. this happened in other places either. i am a civil rights lawyer as well. i've been involved in a lot of officer-involved shooting cases for the last decade. i've never heard of this happening before. another thing, too, i think we're missing a defendant in this case. i think the sheriff in this case should be criminally prosecuted for allowing bates to be on the police department when he's not properly trained and he's not certified to use alet lethal weapon. >> it's interesting.

brian and michelle. >> the volunteer deputy in tulsa who shot and killed a suspect may not have passed the required training before he was allowed on the streets. 73-year-old robert bates is charged with manslaughter for shooting eric harris during a drug sting this month. the tulsa world newspaper reports supervisors at the tulsa county sheriff's office were told of forged training records to allow bates to go out in the field. the sheriff's office couldn't produce his firearm certification records. it's unclear why or when the records wer falsified. >>> bay area protestors are calling for stricter laws for the killing of unarmed men. people want stronger laws to stop police officers from using deadly force against unarmed people. the protest starts at oakland city hall at 10:30. >>> a woman accused of trying to use a stolen car at a weapon is now in the hospital with a gunshot wound. san leandro officers were in oakland yesterday on a different case when they saw a gray sedan that had been reported stolen. as they tried to make a traffic stop the woman rammed an officer's unmarked pickup truck and opened fire. students at a nearby high school were told to stay inside

brian williams story. >> thanks for keeping us on top of the story. but a lot of news. let's get to it. [ gunfire ] >> i shot him, i'm sorry. >> a new report calls into question whether robert batesre are hundreds of hours that may have been falsified. >> they got it wrong. aaron hernandez's words. >> guilty of murder in the first degree. >> life without the possibility of parole. >> i think we can all stand here and say we made the right decision. >> the jury found that he was just a man who o committed a brutal murder. >> we need to do more than just get by. we need to get ahead and stay ahead. >> let me ask you about mrs. clinton's campaign. can you beat her, chris christie? >> if i run i will beat her. >> this is not good people. >> i'm going to violate the no-fly zone. and i'm going to land on the capitol mall. >> he was fully prepared to be blown out of the sky. >>> this is "new day" with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. >> welcome to "new day." alisyn and michaela off. poppy and john joining me. we have new questions about a reserve deputy who shot and killed a black man earlier this month. a new report in tulsa world says supervisors were ordered to fals