Ex-cop charged with murder in Calif. train station shooting

Thursday, January 15, 2009

OAKLAND, Calif. -- A former transit police officer has been charged with murder for the fatal shooting of an unarmed and allegedly restrained black man in a racially charged case that has outraged residents and community leaders and set off violent protests.

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