Colten Boushie´s father remembers kind, goofy son
(The Star Food)

Colten Boushie came into the world smiling.It was Halloween 1993 in Ronan, Mont., about 225 kilometres southeast of the Roosville Border Crossing in British Columbia.Pete Boushie still remembers how beautiful the baby’s mother, Debbie Baptiste, was and how excited he was for the arrival of their third son. And he remembers the smile on the boy’s face after he was born.They named him Colten Cale Boushie but he quickly became Co Co.Read more:Colten Boushie’s family says Parliament Hill meetings have helped them feel heardLiberals to propose jury selection changes after meeting with Colten Boushie’s family‘We’re going to fight back’ — Colten Boushie’s mother delivers emotional messageThe memory is as clear as the phone call he received in August 2016.“My boy called me,� Pete Boushie told The Canadian Press from his home on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana. “He said, ‘Co Co is dead.’ I thought he was messing around. He said, ‘No. He got shot.’�Colten Boushie was 22 when he died after being shot in the back of the head as he sat in an SUV on a farm near Biggar, Sask.Last week, farmer Gerald Stanley, 56, was acquitted of second-degree murder after testifying that the gun went off accidentally while he was trying to scare away several drunk young people he thought were thieves.The verdict sparked rallies in cities across the country. The case is being seen by many as an example of how the justice system fails Indigenous people. Others say Stanley was protecting his family at a time when rural residents live in fear of crime.Baptiste and other family members were in Ottawa this week to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other cabinet ministers.In Montana, Pete Boushie is still struggling with the loss of his son while the man who held the gun walks free.“I know how the justice system is. I know how the people are. There is a lot of prejudice ...