Stanly found "Not Guilty" in Boushie's death.

[Colpy]

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.



Bobby Cameron, the chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, spoke at FSIN's North Battleford office at a hastily-called press conference two hours after the trial's conclusion.

Cameron expressed deep skepticism about Stanley's assertion that the gun he was holding accidentally went off, killing Boushie.

"In this day and age, when someone can get away with killing somebody, when someone can get away with saying, 'I accidentally walked to the storage shed, I accidentally grabbed a gun out of the storage box and I accidentally walked back to the car and then I accidentally raised my arm in level with the late Colten Boushie's head, then my finger accidentally pushed the trigger' – what a bunch of garbage," said Cameron before tightly-packed crowd.

Trudeau 'can't imagine' family's grief
Cameron said Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould has promised to meet with the Boushie family in the near future.

The high-profile trial has drawn attention across Canada, and both Wilson-Raybould and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged the verdict on social media on Friday night.


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Just spoke with @Puglaas. I can't imagine the grief and sorrow the Boushie family is feeling tonight. Sending love to them from the US.

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Thank you PM @JustinTrudeau. My thoughts are with the family of Colton Boushie tonight. I truly feel your pain and I hear all of your voices. As a country we can and must do better - I am committed to working everyday to ensure justice for all Canadians. https://twitter.com/justintrudeau/status/962176071201247232 …


After the verdict was read out and people left the courtroom in shock, many members of the Boushie family went into a private room on the second floor of the courthouse. Loud sobbing and screams — including "Colten! Colten! Colten!" — could be heard through the door.

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



Alvin Baptiste, Colten Boushie's uncle, says there is no justice for his nephew1:37

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.


'There was no justice served here': Colten Boushie's cousin Jade Tootoosis reacts to Gerald Stanley's not guilty verdict1:12

"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.)

Chris Murphy outside Battleford courthouse after Gerald Stanley verdict
'I ask you to try and understand [their] nearly bottomless disappointment,' said Boushie family lawyer Chris Murphy. (Jason Warick/CBC)

"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, citing the residential school system and the Sixties Scoop.

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

FSIN Vice Chief Kim Jonathan after verdict
Kim Jonathan, vice -chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, reacts to the verdict outside the courthouse. (Jason Warick/CBC)

"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."

Catch up on our full coverage of the Gerald Stanley trial
Here's what we know about the events of Aug. 9, 2016, according to evidence and testimony
Scott Spencer, Stanley's attorney, was not available for comment.

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

Bill Burge Crown prosecutor after Colten Boushie verdict
Crown prosecutor Bill Burge did not comment when asked if he was surprised by the verdict. (Jason Warick/CBC)

"There's never any winner in a case like this," he told reporters outside the courthouse.


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

 

[Curious Cdn]

Well, the message is that it's alright to kill people to protect your possessions. I had a bicycle wheel stolen off of a Peugot, once. I should have "accidently" blown their brains out. I presume that an update to the criminal code is on the way.

 

[Colpy]

Well, the message is that it's alright to kill people to protect your possessions. I had a bicycle wheel stolen off of a Peugot, once. I should have "accidently" blown their brains out. I presume that an update to the criminal code is on the way.

No.

The message is do not go on to a man's property, armed with a loaded rifle, and proceed to steal his stuff.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

No.

The message is do not go on to a man's property, armed with a loaded rifle, and proceed to steal his stuff.

A fact conveniently forgotten by the people quoted in the OP article .... and our beloved Prime Minister.

 

[Curious Cdn]

No.

The message is do not go on to a man's property, armed with a loaded rifle, and proceed to steal his stuff.

Well, yes. You can now kill people for stealing your property.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Well, yes. You can now kill people for stealing your property.

As it should be.

 

[taxslave]

Certainly prevents reoffending.

 

[OpposingDigit]

"In this day and age, when someone can get away with killing somebody, when someone can get away with saying, 'I accidentally walked to the storage shed, I accidentally grabbed a gun out of the storage box and I accidentally walked back to the car and then I accidentally raised my arm in level with the late Colten Boushie's head, then my finger accidentally pushed the trigger' – what a bunch of garbage," said Cameron before tightly-packed crowd.
Shouts of 'murderer' in courtroom after Gerald Stanley acquitted in Colten Boushie shooting - Saskatoon - CBC News

 

[taxslave]

"In this day and age, when someone can get away with killing somebody, when someone can get away with saying, 'I accidentally walked to the storage shed, I accidentally grabbed a gun out of the storage box and I accidentally walked back to the car and then I accidentally raised my arm in level with the late Colten Boushie's head, then my finger accidentally pushed the trigger' – what a bunch of garbage," said Cameron before tightly-packed crowd.
Shouts of 'murderer' in courtroom after Gerald Stanley acquitted in Colten Boushie shooting - Saskatoon - CBC News

And the two armed drunk punks were just paying a neighbourly visit.
Do you think the SJWs would have their pantities in knots if the ntwo thugs had murdered the farmer, raped his wife and burned the house down?

 

[justlooking]

And the two armed drunk punks were just paying a neighbourly visit.
Do you think the SJWs would have their pantities in knots if the ntwo thugs had murdered the farmer, raped his wife and burned the house down?

Nope.
Justice for 400 years of tens of millions brutally tortured by every current white person alive genocide.

 

[Walter]

Anyone have a link to the facts of the case?

 

[taxslave]

DEfine "fact"

 

[Cliffy]

An all white jury acquits a white guy of killing a native. A bunch of white guys cheer.
If the roles had been reversed and a native killed a white guy under the same circumstances, those same white guys would be screaming their fukken heads off for the death penalty and he would have got it (or life) because he was native.
Yup. No white privilege here folks. Move along.

 

[Walter]

An all white jury acquits a white guy of killing a native. A bunch of white guys cheer.
If the roles had been reversed and a native killed a white guy under the same circumstances, those same white guys would be screaming their fukken heads off for the death penalty and he would have got it (or life) because he was native.
Yup. No white privilege here folks. Move along.

A very racist post.

 

[Cliffy]

A very racist post.

Coming from the biggest racist on the forum, that is hilarious.

Oh, Look! Two white guys gave me a red. Whoda thunk?

 

[justlooking]

Coming from the biggest racist on the forum, that is hilarious.

Oh, Look! Two white guys gave me a red. Whoda thunk?

You're such a pathetic whining little crybaby.

Hilarious. :lol::lol:

 

[Twin_Moose]

Gerald Stanley trial: Jury delivers not guilty verdict in death of Colten Boushie

BATTLEFORD — After a trial that captivated and polarized the province, Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley has been found not guilty of second-degree murder in the 2016 shooting death of Colten Boushie.
The jury began deliberating around 4 p.m. Thursday and announced shortly before 7 p.m. Friday they had reached a verdict. They had been given the options of finding Stanley guilty of second-degree murder, guilty of manslaughter, or not guilty of any crime.
As the not guilty verdict was announced at 7:35 p.m. in Battleford Court of Queen’s Bench, Boushie’s mother Debbie Baptiste rose from her seat and screamed.
Some family members restrained her. Others wailed or screamed at the jury.
“You’re a murderer, you’re a murderer,” one woman bellowed.
“You’re cruel. You guys don’t even care about First Nations,” another woman yelled through tears.
Many members of Boushie’s family were ushered out of the courtroom in tears by court workers.
Jade Tootoosis, Boushie’s cousin, sobbed in her seat.
“A white jury came out with a verdict of not guilty … This is how they treat us First Nations people. It is not right. Something has to be done about this,” Boushie’s uncle Alvin Baptiste told reporters outside court.
Boushie, a 22-year-old from Red Pheasant First Nation, was fatally shot on Aug. 9, 2016, on Stanley’s farm in the RM of Glenside. Late that afternoon, five people — Boushie, Cassidy Cross-Whitstone, Belinda Jackson, Eric Meechance and Kiora Wuttunee — got into a grey Ford Escape SUV and drove from Red Pheasant First Nation to a swimming spot by the river. All were consuming alcohol.

After the group left the river, they got a flat tire and then drove onto a farm 15 kilometres northeast of Stanley’s farm, where at least one person attempted to steal a truck by hitting the truck window with a .22-calibre rifle that was in the back of the SUV. The SUV was eventually driven onto Stanley’s farm. In the ensuing moments, an occupant of the SUV attempted to start a quad on Stanley’s property and the grey SUV collided with a parked vehicle on Stanley’s property, court heard. During the incident, Boushie — sitting in the driver’s seat — was killed by a single gunshot to the head from a handgun held at the time by Gerald Stanley. A bullet entered below Boushie’s left ear and exited on the right-hand side.
Forensic investigation determined Boushie was shot with a Tokarev semiautomatic pistol that was found in Stanley’s home.
Chief Justice Martel Popescul, addressing the jury following the lawyers’ closing arguments on Thursday, said the first principle of law is the presumption of innocence.
There were three possible verdicts to come back with, he said: guilty of second-degree murder, guilty of manslaughter or not guilty in the death of Boushie.
The Crown bears the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. If Stanley is probably or likely guilty, that’s not good enough, Popescul noted. A reasonable doubt is based on reason and common sense, and arises logically from the evidence or lack of evidence.
Popescul laid out the possible verdicts for the jury to consider. Both the Crown and defence agreed that it was established beyond a reasonable doubt that Stanley caused the death of Boushie. The question, Popescul said, is whether Stanley caused Boushie’s death unlawfully by committing an assault or whether the shooting was an unintentional act that had unintended consequences.
To find Stanley guilty of second-degree murder, the Crown must have proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Stanley unlawfully caused Boushie’s death and that Stanley had the state of mind necessary for murder. Culpable homicide that is not murder is manslaughter, Popescul explained.
Popescul told jurors that when Stanley grabbed his pistol and fired two warning shots into the air Stanley was acting lawfully. He told the jurors it would be up to them to decide if Stanley’s actions beyond that continued to be lawful
The fatal incident and Stanley’s trial attracted widespread attention in large part because they exposed a deep racial divide in Saskatchewan. In the days after Boushie’s death, social media was filled with racist and hate-filled comments, with s
ome people suggesting farmers have the right to use fatal force to protect their property.
Saskatchewan RCMP said they “looked into a number of instances of potential hate crimes” around online discourse related to Boushie’s death, but no charges were laid.
In the hours before the jury began its deliberations, RCMP issued a statement “reminding all people and parties to conduct themselves in a peaceful and civil manner regardless of the outcome.”
Stanley’s earlier court appearances attracted large crowds, with dozens of people gathering in and outside the courtroom to show support for the Boushie family.
Small groups gathered sporadically during the two weeks of the trial, with no incidents of note taking place.
“Neighbours working together in a spirit of inclusiveness and understanding is how the people of Saskatchewan have always met our challenges,” said RCMP assistant commissioner Curtis Zablocki.
“Engaging with each other in a respectful and responsible manner is the only way we can truly work towards building stronger, safer communities.”
As the Crown and defence gave their closing arguments Thursday, defence lawyer Scott Spencer attempted to paint a picture of a 56-year-old man reacting as any reasonable person would.
Spencer argued that Boushie’s death was a “freak accident” that occurred when Stanley responded in a “measured” way to a highly charged and dangerous situation that involved — in Stanley’s mind — strangers driving onto his farm, trying to steal his quad, crashing into his wife’s vehicle and attempting to run down his son.
“Things happen when you create this type of home invasion, fear-filled, high-energy roller coaster ride. When you create that, you create an opportunity for there to be an accident and a tragedy. And that’s what happened here,” Spencer told the jury.
“In this circumstance, the question is: If you were in Gerry’s boots, would you reasonably be expected to do anything significantly different?”
The Crown’s primary argument is that Stanley fired two warning shots in the air and then walked up to the SUV Boushie was in and intentionally shot Boushie in the head. If the jury members unanimously believe that version of events beyond a reasonable doubt, they can convict Stanley of second-degree murder.
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Stanley testified in court that after firing two warning shots, he realized he couldn’t see his wife and was filled with a feeling of “pure terror” that she might be under the SUV. He said he ran toward it, reached into the driver’s window to turn the vehicle off and the gun — which he believed was empty — “just went off.”
The barrel of a .22-calibre rifle was found by Boushie’s body and DNA evidence suggests the firearm was with him in the driver’s seat at the time he died. Stanley told the jury he saw “something metal” pointed at him when he reached across Boushie to turn off the SUV, but that he hadn’t realized it might be a gun.
In his closing statements, Spencer said it would have been “so easy” for Stanley to have claimed Boushie pointed a rifle at him.
“It would have been way better to testify to self-defence than what actually happened, but he couldn’t,” Spencer told the jury. “He told you what happened.”
Crown prosecutor Bill Burge told the jury they “can’t believe what Gerald Stanley said.”
Burge took issue with how Stanley described the state of the Tokarev pistol after he fired his second warning shot.
Stanley told the jury he believed he had loaded two bullets in his gun. After he fired the second warning shot, he pulled the trigger several times to make sure the gun was clear, then brought the pistol down and popped the clip out, he testified. Stanley said the slide of the gun was back and the barrel was extended out, suggesting to him that the gun was empty.
If that was truly the case, Stanley’s gun could not have gone off, Burge argued.
“I’m suggesting, ladies and gentlemen, that he told a bit of a story here and he did not, in my submission, tell the truth.”
A cartridge case found in the SUV had an unusual bulge. One possible explanation suggested by firearms experts during the trial was that Stanley’s gun had a hang fire and that, during a delay between when the trigger was pulled and when the cartridge detonated, something caused the cartridge to shift in the chamber of the gun.
Experts said hang fires are extremely rare and the only documented ones have lasted less than a second. They said the possibility of a hang fire may be increased when old and poorly stored ammunition is used.
Stanley told the jury the ammunition he used in his Tokarev was more than 60 years old and had been kept in an unheated shed. He said he had a hang fire on Aug. 9, 2016.
Spencer told the jury no one will ever know what caused the cartridge casing to bulge, but that a hang fire is the only reasonable explanation.
“It’s all unlikely, but it’s possible. That’s exactly what happened,” Spencer said.
Burge told the jury that if they are not convinced Stanley had an intention to kill Boushie, they must consider him guilty of manslaughter.
Burge argued that a verdict of manslaughter would be appropriate because Stanley acted unlawfully by carelessly using a firearm. He said this was evident because Stanley did not know how many bullets he loaded into his gun, did not know how many times he pulled the trigger and did not know how to properly disarm his gun.
Burge also questioned Stanley’s claim that Stanley was worried for his wife’s wellbeing. He said Sheldon’s testimony did not support the story that Gerald Stanley sprinted to the vehicle.
In his instructions to the jury, Chief Justice Martel Popescul said Stanley was within his right to get his gun and fire warning shots into the air, but that the jury must decide whether the actions he took after that continued to be lawful.
If jurors decide Stanley is not guilty of second-degree murder and that his actions were not lawful and went beyond what a reasonable person would do in the circumstances, they could convict him of manslaughter. If they decide Stanley is not guilty of second-degree murder and that his actions were reasonable, he would be acquitted.
After more than four hours of deliberation, the jury requested to re-watch testimony from both Gerald and Sheldon Stanley. They asked to hear Sheldon’s testimony from when he came out of the house and heard the third gunshot and Gerald’s testimony starting from the point in which he fired the first shot.
After discussion with the Crown and defence, Popescul decided the jury should re-listen to the entirety of both testimonies rather than portions. He gave the jury the option to listen to Sheldon’s testimony, which was more than an hour long, Thursday night or to start again in the morning. The jury opted to stop for the night.
The jurors were back in court Friday around 9 a.m., taking notes and listening to audio of the testimony. During the trial, Sheldon was on the witness stand for around 75 minutes, while Gerald was on the stand for approximately two and a half hours. The replay of the testimony audio ended shortly before 3 p.m., at which time the jurors were sent back to the jury room.

About as unbiased that I came across

 

[Hoid]

An all white jury acquits a white guy of killing a native. A bunch of white guys cheer.
If the roles had been reversed and a native killed a white guy under the same circumstances, those same white guys would be screaming their fukken heads off for the death penalty and he would have got it (or life) because he was native.
Yup. No white privilege here folks. Move along.

It starts in school where first nations are 12% of the class and 1.5% of the staff and it continues through every social structure and institution; as systemic racism tends to do.

 

[Twin_Moose]

An all white jury acquits a white guy of killing a native. A bunch of white guys cheer.
If the roles had been reversed and a native killed a white guy under the same circumstances, those same white guys would be screaming their fukken heads off for the death penalty and he would have got it (or life) because he was native.
Yup. No white privilege here folks. Move along.

What's your thoughts on all the death threats to the Stanley family, friends and the Jury should they be charged?

How about the Chief's daughter as a no show for her testimony in exchange for immunity should she be charged/tried now as a breach of their agreement?

How about changing the immunity deal and charging the rest of the crew on all their admitted law breaking activity that day?

They should have made a 4th option of "Negligent handling of a firearm causing death" this I believe he was guilty of

 

[Colpy]

It starts in school where first nations are 12% of the class and 1.5% of the staff and it continues through every social structure and institution; as systemic racism tends to do.

Oh BULLSYHTE.

The man has a right to be tried by a jury of HIS peers, not the peers of the victim, just to start with.

Secondly, the refusal of jury applicants by both the defense and the prosecution for no stated reason is a basic principle of our system of justice.

Thirdly.....justice was done. Don't go armed on a robbery spree. Full stop.

Really, what would you propose as a solution to this "deficientcy"?????