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RSS Feeds`We´re going to fight back´ - Colten Boushie´s mother delivers emotional message
(The Star Toronto Raptors)

 
 

11 february 2018 02:54:13

 
`We´re going to fight back´ - Colten Boushie´s mother delivers emotional message
(The Star Toronto Raptors)
 


The day after a white Saskatchewan farmer was found not guilty of second-degree murder in the 2016 death of Colten Boushie, a 22-year-old Red Pheasant First Nation resident, thousands gathered across the country in solemn remembrance of the young man for whom they feel justice was not served. The gatherings ranged from vigils to protests, pulled together under the banner “Justice for Colten Boushie.” Two took place in Saskatchewan, the province where Boushie lived and died, while others took place or were scheduled to take place on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Yellowknife, N.W.T., and as far away as Palm Beach, Fla.The emotion was raw at a rally in North Battleford, Sask., Saturday as Boushie’s mother lashed out at the justice system and vowed First Nations people will “fight back.”Read more:Opinion | Shree Paradkar: Our reaction to injustice for Colten Boushie is a reflection of our soul as individuals and CanadiansNot guilty verdict in shooting death of Colten Boushie ‘absolutely perverse’“The justice system needs to stop locking up our youths. All of our loved ones are in jail. White people — they run the court system. Enough. We’re going to fight back,” said a visibly upset Debbie Baptiste. “They’re not sweeping us under the carpet. Enough killing our people. We fight back. Go to hell, Gerald Stanley. That’s where you belong.”The defence in the Stanley case said his gun accidentally went off, killing Boushie with a single shot to the back of the head in a “freak accident.”“That ain’t no freak accident,” said Baptiste. “Gerald Stanley is a freak accident.”Hundreds gathered for a vigil at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto Saturday afternoon. Undeterred by blustery conditions, the diverse crowd carried signs reading “Justice for Colten.” Others read “End Indigenous Genocide,” and “Newcomers to this land ...


 
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