‘We are entitled to justice:’ Family of slain Indigenous man speaks at UN forum
Family and supporters of a young Indigenous man shot and killed on a Saskatchewan farm used the international stage of the United Nations Tuesday to advocate for change in the Canadian criminal justice system.
A side event at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York focused on the death of 22-year-old Colten Boushie and his family’s experience with police and the courts.
Farmer Gerald Stanley was acquitted in Boushie’s August 2016 death earlier this year, sparking rallies and outrage across the country.
Boushie’s cousin Jade Tootoosis said silently sitting in the courtroom during the trial “was the most traumatic thing” for the family. When the verdict came out, she said her “world just crumbled.”