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Gerald Stanley found not guilty in death of Colten Boushie

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Gerald Stanley found not guilty in death of Colten Boushie

Sask. farmer had been charged with 2nd-degree murder in the August 2016 shooting

Jason Warick • Guy Quenneville • CBC News

Several people in the courtroom yelled "Murderer!" seconds after a Saskatchewan jury found Gerald Stanley not guilty of killing Colten Boushie early Friday evening.

As a sheriff's deputy put his hand on his shoulder, Stanley recoiled for a moment before being hurriedly led out of the tense room.

Stanley, 56, was charged with second-degree murder in the August 2016 death of the 22-year-old.

The Battleford Court of Queen's Bench jury began deliberating Thursday afternoon and returned its verdict Friday evening.

'This is not right'

Many members of the Boushie family went into a private room on the second floor of the courthouse immediately after the verdict. Loud sobbing and screams — including "Colten! Colten! Colten!" — could be heard through door.

"This is not right. Something has to be done about this!" said Alvin Baptiste, Boushie's uncle, after the verdict was read aloud.

Outside the courthouse, Baptiste said to reporters the justice system has to change to serve First Nations people.

"We will not give up our fight for justice," Boushie's cousin Jade Tootoosis said on the courthouse steps, adding that her family has felt uncomfortable and victimized throughout the process.

"I ask you to try and understand the nearly bottomless disappointment" of the family, said Chris Murphy, the Boushie family lawyer, referring to the apparent lack of any Indigenous people from the 12-person jury. (CBC News has no way to independently determine at this time whether any of the jurors have Indigenous backgrounds.)

"There is a darkness that exists in this country," said Murphy. "I believe we are going to have feel our way out of it."

'We are all hurting'

Kimberly Jonathan, vice-chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, said the verdict is a continuation of the atrocities Indigenous people have faced in Canada.

Jonathan also urged all First Nations people to be peaceful in the aftermath.

"The family called for calm. The family prayed for peace," she said.

"We're are all hurting. We all face racism. Everyone sees it. I see it as a mother."

Crown not ruling out appeal

Senior Crown Prosecutor Bill Burge did not rule out an appeal. He said they would evaluate their options.

There "are no winners" in a process like this, he told reporters outside the courthouse.

When asked if he was surprised by the verdict, Burge declined to reply.

Boushie and four other young people from the Red Pheasant Cree Nation reserve drove onto Stanley's rural property in an SUV on Aug. 9, 2016.

An altercation occurred between them, Stanley, his son and his wife.

Stanley testified during the trial and said he did not mean to shoot anyone. He said the handgun he was holding accidentally went off, shooting Boushie in the head. Expert witnesses testified the pistol was functioning normally and the handgun could only be fired by pulling the trigger.

What the verdict options were

The jury could have found Stanley guilty of second-degree murder or manslaughter, or not guilty, according to Chief Justice Martel Popescul, who oversaw the trial.

"What this trial comes down to is whether Gerry acted reasonably," Stanley's lawyer, Scott Spencer, told the jury.

"It's a tragedy, but it's not criminal. You must acquit."​

Senior Crown prosecutor Bill Burge told the jury that Stanley lied about some of the events leading up to the shooting, including that the gun went off accidentally.

"[The trigger] was pulled intentionally. I'm suggesting that's murder," Burge said.

Jury selection took place on Jan. 29 in a Battleford community hall, followed by several days of testimony from eyewitnesses, family members, experts and Stanley himself.

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/saskatoon/gerald-stanley-colten-boushie-verdict-1.4526313
 

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I don't understand what was Colten Boushie doing on the Stanley property and what was the altercation about. From newspaper article I read it sounded like Boushie and his friends were trying to take an atv from the Stanley property. Who did the ATV belong to?
 

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I don't understand what was Colten Boushie doing on the Stanley property and what was the altercation about. From newspaper article I read it sounded like Boushie and his friends were trying to take an atv from the Stanley property. Who did the ATV belong to?
"Baptiste said to reporters the justice system has to change to serve First Nations people. "

What it boils down to is this: the justice system has to change to allow First Nations people to trespass and steal indiscriminately without the fear of any physical risk.
 

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I don't understand what was Colten Boushie doing on the Stanley property and what was the altercation about. From newspaper article I read it sounded like Boushie and his friends were trying to take an atv from the Stanley property. Who did the ATV belong to?
Colton Boushie 22, his girlfriend Kiora Wuttunee unkown, Eric Meechance, 23, Cassidy Cross-Whitstone, 18, and Belinda Jackson, 24 were all in a pickup truck which drove down a long private roadway to Gerald Stanley's ranch. Eric Meechance got out of the truck and attempted to start a parked ATV (although he denies trying to steal it). At least three of those in the truck admitted to having been drinking a good part of the day.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saska...oushie-shot-witnesses-colten-gerald-1.4520214


I don't know about anyone else but as a personal observation when I drive down a driveway in a rural area I either turn around and drive slowly back up the road, or I get out and call for the owners, I don't get out of my vehicle get onto someone else's ATV and attempt to start it, seeing that as an invitation for bad things to happen.
 

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Colton Boushie 22, his girlfriend Kiora Wuttunee unkown, Eric Meechance, 23, Cassidy Cross-Whitstone, 18, and Belinda Jackson, 24 were all in a pickup truck which drove down a long private roadway to Gerald Stanley's ranch. Eric Meechance got out of the truck and attempted to start a parked ATV (although he denies trying to steal it). At least three of those in the truck admitted to having been drinking a good part of the day.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saska...oushie-shot-witnesses-colten-gerald-1.4520214


I don't know about anyone else but as a personal observation when I drive down a driveway in a rural area I either turn around and drive slowly back up the road, or I get out and call for the owners, I don't get out of my vehicle get onto someone else's ATV and attempt to start it, seeing that as an invitation for bad things to happen.
Typical blaming of the victim. You believe it is proper to defend an ATV by shooting a thief?

Saskatchewan is part of Canada not USA.
 

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Typical blaming of the victim. You believe it is proper to defend an ATV by shooting a thief?

Saskatchewan is part of Canada not USA.
USA or Canada.
If a truck load of drunk people drive down my private road and start messing with my property, while my family is also present, and I have a firearm, I am going to take advantage of it.
What would you do? Call 911 and wait 45 minutes for the police to maybe show up?
 

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USA or Canada.
If a truck load of drunk people drive down my private road and start messing with my property, while my family is also present, and I have a firearm, I am going to take advantage of it.
What would you do? Call 911 and wait 45 minutes for the police to maybe show up?
Exactly, that is what you must do according to the law. As I posted above, the laws are different in Canada and USA.

Harm to property does not warrant shooting somebody.
 

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Exactly, that is what you must do according to the law. As I posted above, the laws are different in Canada and USA.

Harm to property does not warrant shooting somebody.
Exactly. Call 911...Write down the truck’s license plate #...Film the theft on your cell phone. It’s not the Wild West FFS!
 

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Exactly, that is what you must do according to the law. As I posted above, the laws are different in Canada and USA.

Harm to property does not warrant shooting somebody.
Gerald Stanley's wife got the shit kicked out of her and ended up with a broken jaw. Was he supposed to just stand aside and wait for the RCMP to arrive, in rural Saskatchewan?
 

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Gerald Stanley's wife got the shit kicked out of her and ended up with a broken jaw. Was he supposed to just stand aside and wait for the RCMP to arrive, in rural Saskatchewan?
YES! He did not need to go outside and confront them with a hand gun! The guy was looking for a fight.
 

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Exactly. Call 911...Write down the truck’s license plate #...Film the theft on your cell phone. It’s not the Wild West FFS!
Of course it's the wild west. People wear cowboy hats and boots out there and no one gives them a second look. Obviously you've never been to Saskatchewan.
 

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So according to you, defense of family isn't valid either. Good thing you don't make the rules.
He wouldn’t have needed to “defend” his family if he’d stayed in his house and called the police like he should have.

People like me DO make the rules.
 

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Of course it's the wild west. People wear cowboy hats and boots out there and no one gives them a second look. Obviously you've never been to Saskatchewan.
If my life goes according to plan I will never set foot in that shithole province.
 

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Did anyone bother to read the CBC article?

" The .22-calibre rifle barrel, which belonged to Cross-Whitstone, was found near Boushie's body. It was bent out of shape and contained five bullets in the magazine and one in the chamber."

Some of these comments most definitely reflect a view of self-defence and policing based upon I 'phone 911 and two to three minutes later the first police arrive.' Not a world where as Apoptygma quite accurately describes you 'phone 911 and it is a full 45 minutes before police arrive. This has been quite accurately described as a situation where in large parts of North America unless you are able to defend yourself -- the 911 Dispatcher might as well send the Criminal Investigation Division at the same time they send the initially responding police.
 

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Did anyone bother to read the CBC article?

" The .22-calibre rifle barrel, which belonged to Cross-Whitstone, was found near Boushie's body. It was bent out of shape and contained five bullets in the magazine and one in the chamber."

Some of these comments most definitely reflect a view of self-defence and policing based upon I 'phone 911 and two to three minutes later the first police arrive.' Not a world where as Apoptygma quite accurately describes you 'phone 911 and it is a full 45 minutes before police arrive. This has been quite accurately described as a situation where in large parts of North America unless you are able to defend yourself -- the 911 Dispatcher might as well send the Criminal Investigation Division at the same time they send the first responding police.
Stanley’s defence is based on the claim that the gun went off “accidentally”. No one believes that.
 

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Gerald Stanley's wife got the shit kicked out of her and ended up with a broken jaw. Was he supposed to just stand aside and wait for the RCMP to arrive, in rural Saskatchewan?

ES! He did not need to go outside and confront them with a hand gun! The guy was looking for a fight.
Only in Canada u say,

sooo a group of Indigenous people come on to your property, to steal or attempt to steal.
U must stay indoors an hide, while they rip u off.



Caledonia has this happen almost weekly !!!!!!

Indians steal trucks and atv there.
yes do nothing to these poor wards of all tax payers , its their right to steal from all .

right
 

LT56

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Only in Canada u say,

sooo a group of Indigenous people come on to your property, to steal or attempt to steal.
U must stay indoors an hide, while they rip u off.



Caledonia has this happen almost weekly !!!!!!

Indians steal trucks and atv there.
yes do nothing to these poor wards of all tax payers , its their right to steal from all .

right
Bullshit.

Call the police...write down the license plate #.

Stop looking for excuses to kill Native people.
 
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