The Killing of Colten Boushie

Published: Feb. 27, 2023, 8 a.m.

b'Episode 256: Colten Boushie was a 22-year-old Indigenous man from the Red Pheasant First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada, who was shot and killed on a farm near Biggar, Saskatchewan, on August 9, 2016. His death received widespread attention and led to a national conversation in Canada about systemic racism and the treatment of Indigenous peoples in the criminal justice system. The trial and acquittal of the farmer who was charged with Boushie\\u2019s death, a man named Gerald Stanley, also sparked controversy and led to calls for reforms in the Canadian justice system.\\nSources:\\nRed Pheasant Cree Nation \\u2013 A prospering Nation\\n2017 SKQB 366 (CanLII) | R v Stanley | CanLII\\n2017 SKQB 367 (CanLII) | R v Stanley | CanLII\\n2018 SKQB 27 (CanLII) | R v Stanley | CanLII\\nColten\\u2019s friend Eric talking about the shooting | Twitter\\nVictim, friends needed help with flat tire before farmyard shooting: witness | 650 CKOM\\nDocumentCloud | FSIN Media Release\\nThe night Colten Boushie died | The Globe and Mail\\nThe Legal Trial of Gerald Stanley - a second look at the case through the lens of law | CanLII Connects\\nCRCC Final Report on the Death of Colten Boushie\\n\\u2018Have to keep talking about it,\\u2019 says Boushie\\u2019s mother, five years after Stanley acquittal | Star Phoenix\\nColten Boushie, Gerald Stanley and a case that\\u2019s hard to defend | The Star\\nRead \\u2018The Rodney King of Western Canada\\u2019: Killing of Indigenous Man Heads to Trial Online\\nWho was Colten Boushie? | CBC News\\nColten Boushie Archives - APTN News\\n\\u2018White Lives Matter\\u2019 signs show up in North Battleford Saskatchewan\\nDebbie Baptiste | Canada\\u2019s National Observer: News & Analysis\\nBrad Wall - Racism has no place in Saskatchewan. | Facebook\\nWe Will Stand Up | CBC Docs POV |YouTube\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'