Montrealers Host Vigil for Colten Boushie After Accused Murderer Acquitted – The Link

by ahnationtalk on February 15, 2018269 Views

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The sounds of passionate voices filled the air Tuesday evening in Norman Bethune Square in downtown Montreal. Approximately 100 people gathered with candles and signs in hand, some faces expressing confusion and despair.

The vigil was held in commemoration of the late Colten Boushie, a 22-year-old Cree man from the Red Pheasant First Nation in Saskatchewan who was killed in 2016. Boushie was shot in the head by Gerald Stanley, a farmer in Saskatchewan. On Feb. 9, Stanley was acquitted of manslaughter and second-degree murder charges by an all-white jury.

“I’m really blown away by this one,” said Vicky Boldo, co-chair of the Montreal Urban Aboriginal Community Strategy Network and an elder with the Aboriginal Student Resource Centre at Concordia, in response to the acquittal.

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