Volunteer Deputy Goes On Trial - Olivia Browne Period 6

Robert Bates, a former insurance businessman turned volunteer deputy, goes on trial Monday in a fatal shooting involving an officer and an unarmed black man, and Bates doesn't deny pulling the trigger of his service revolver to put a single deadly shot into Eric Courtney Harris' back.
But what jurors, who will be selected through proceedings that began Monday in a modest Tulsa, Oklahoma, courtroom, will likely hear is that in a heartbeat, a human mistake became a human tragedy. Bates fired his weapon as he assisted officers of the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office in subduing Harris, the subject of an undercover sting operation who was attempting to flee that dreary Oklahoma Thursday in April last year.

Analysis: The Author is Christopher Lett and he appears to be a non-bias party. This article was created on April 17th, right after the incident had taken place, adding to the urgency. I had no prior knowledge of this event. The Audience is the concerned American public and this story has a positive effect on them. The reason for writing this article was to educate the American public on these occurrences. This directly relates to the Civil Rights movement in the 1960's due to the effect on race relations. 

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/17/us/bates-trial-harris-shooting/index.html