CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — A U.S. law enforcement agent's murder trial opened Monday with defense lawyers challenging the credibility of the key witness — the slain man's girlfriend — and prosecutors accusing him of using excessive force when he intervened in a domestic dispute.
Federal authorities, who conducted their own investigation and determined the shooting was justified, said they are monitoring the highly politicized trial closely and warned that if William Clark, of Rochester, New York, is convicted, it could have a chilling effect on how their agents respond to crime in the U.S. Caribbean territory.
Clark, a 35-year-old agent with the Bureau of …
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