OAKLAND, Calif. — The former transit police officer charged with murder in the shooting of an unarmed black man on New Year's Day pleaded not guilty Thursday.
The attorney for Johannes Mehserle, 27, entered the plea on his client's behalf in an Alameda County courtroom, where Mehserle was kept behind a glass partition, out of view to most people during the 10-minute hearing.
Prosecutors say Mehserle was standing over Grant, who was lying facedown and restrained on a train platform, when the Bay Area Rapid Transit officer fired one shot into the man's back.
W. Colo. wildfire
About 400 firefighters and five helicopters are battling an eight-square-mile wildfire, near the Utah border.
NATO kills senior al-Qaida
NATO force in Afghanistan killed al-Qaida's second-highest leader in the country in an airstrike.
Syria dead executed
Most of the 108 victims of a chilling massacre in Syria last week were shot at close range, including children.
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