Generally, I would agree with you but I'm not convinced Bates really didn't realise he'd pulled a gun instead of his tazer, so I'm inclined to think he's not much better than the guy he shot ...
I sure would like to see ALL the evidence that will be produced at discovery ... and I'd like to read the stipulations ...
Yeah um no. Known the guy for years, and while he was grossly incompetent and I will agree with anyone who says he shouldn't have been out there....but sorry.....he's not a murdering type.... far from.
As far as comparing him to Eric Harris, that's a bit ridiculous to me but YMMV.