The RCMP is investigating reports that an officer made a Facebook post suggesting Colten Boushie “got what he deserved.”Boushie, a 22-year-old from the Red Pheasant First Nation in Saskatchewan, was shot and killed in 2016. Gerald Stanley, 56, was acquitted of second-degree murder in a verdict last week by an all-white jury, spurring protests across the country in what many believe was a racially motivated decision. The RCMP told the Star that there are no officers with the name linked to the Facebook account, and didn’t confirm whether the woman worked as an officer under another name. Sources in an APTN report told the network the woman was an officer.“Too bad the kid died but he got what he deserved. How many of us work on or near reserves and are getting fed up with the race card being used every time someone gets caught breaking the law?,” she said.The comment was posted in a Facebook group called “News Stories that Matter to or May Impact RCMP,” which has about 1,200 members.“Obviously, this remark is absolutely appalling and unacceptable,” Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said in a teleconference with journalists Thursday.“It’s under very, very serious investigation to determine exactly what has happened here, and who is responsible for it.” It’s unclear when the post was made, but on Wednesday evening, the user also put up a photo on her own Facebook account of a gun silhouette, featuring the text, “This home is protected by the good Lord and a gun. If you came here to steal or do harm you might meet them both.”During the trial, one of Boushie’s friends initially told police that the group of five friends was checking out a truck on Stanley’s farm, but told court they were actually there to steal a vehicle.The woman’s Facebook account has now been made private. She also said the justice system does not “protect the innocent” in her ...
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