Boushie death in Saskatchewan; Justice according to really bad media coverage.

The Bell Media Group are practicing US style Journalism.   Hours of video; not one showing the evidence.   The National Post article did nothing but look at the evidence; to their credit.   The NDP leader Jagmeet Singh didn't look at the evidence at all; Showing his regular terrible judgement; he opted to throw out the Canadian Law which can only be expected.  The Conservatives for a change came up on the right side of it.  A pickup of drunken adventurers terrorized two farms before settling on the third where they managed to ruin Stanley's lives. 

And,  off subject, there are far more white girls missing, cases unsolved than natives something to keep in mind as you watch the news.
The picture of the spent casing showed a barrel-shaped cylinder that would not fit into a firearm hence, the hang-fire judgement.

On the strength of the butchered news release, these characters were able to run a successful "Fund Me" page that brought them more than 200.000 dollars!

BATTLEFORD, Sask. — Gerald Stanley, a 56-year-old white farmer, shot Colten Boushie, a 22-year-old Indigenous man, on Stanley's property near Biggar, Sask., in the early evening of Aug. 9, 2016. Boushie died instantly from a single bullet to the back of the head as he sat in the driver's seat of an SUV. A jury without any visibly Indigenous members acquitted Stanley last week of second-degree murder, which sparked angry protests alleging racism.

Here's a look at the evidence at trial:

Boushie's friends:

Boushie, from the Red Pheasant First Nation, had spent most of the day with Eric Meechance, Cassidy Cross, Kiora Wuttunee and Belinda Jackson. An autopsy report showed Boushie had a blood- alcohol level more than three times the legal driving limit when he died.

Meechance testified the group had been drinking and swimming in the South Saskatchewan River. They were in Wuttunee's SUV, a grey Ford Escape, and heading back to the reserve when they got a leak in a tire. They stopped at a farm about 15 kilometres from Stanley's property.

Cross initially told police that the group was checking out a truck on the farm, but told the court they were actually there to steal. He testified he used a rifle to break into the truck and, during the break-in, the stock of the gun broke off. The group left and Cross drove to Stanley's farm. He said the group wanted to ask for help with the flat tire.

Meechance testified that he and Cross were on an all-terrain vehicle in Stanley's yard, but ran when someone started yelling. Back in their SUV, Meechance said Cross drove into a parked vehicle and a man then smashed their windshield. He and Cross got out and started running.

Jackson testified that an older man came around to the passenger side of the SUV where Boushie was sitting and shot him twice in the head. She previously told police she thought a woman shot Boushie. Boushie was shot once and was seated in the driver's seat.

Wuttunee did not testify. Court heard she was sleeping in the SUV.

Stanley’s son:

Sheldon Stanley testified he was working on a fence with his father when they heard the ATV start and thought it was being stolen. They ran toward the SUV. He threw a hammer at the windshield, then ran into the house to grab his truck keys.

He said he heard two shots while he was inside and a third shot as he came out. His father was holding a gun in one hand and a magazine in the other and told him “it just went off.”

The son said two women in the back seat got out and started yelling. They pulled Boushie out of the SUV and a gun missing its stock fell out of the vehicle with the body. He said the women began hitting his mother, who had been mowing the lawn.

He said he told the women to get back in the SUV and they did. He called 911

Stanley’s son:

Sheldon Stanley testified he was working on a fence with his father when they heard the ATV start and thought it was being stolen. They ran toward the SUV. He threw a hammer at the windshield, then ran into the house to grab his truck keys.

He said he heard two shots while he was inside and a third shot as he came out. His father was holding a gun in one hand and a magazine in the other and told him “it just went off.”

The son said two women in the back seat got out and started yelling. They pulled Boushie out of the SUV and a gun missing its stock fell out of the vehicle with the body. He said the women began hitting his mother, who had been mowing the lawn.

He said he told the women to get back in the SUV and they did. He called 911

Gerald Stanley:

Stanley told the jury the shooting was an accident.

He testified that after he heard the ATV start, he and his son ran to the SUV. He kicked at a tail light, then grabbed a handgun normally used to scare off wildlife. He said he loaded the gun with two bullets and fired two shots in the air to scare the group away. He said he pulled the trigger several more times to make sure the gun was empty, then popped out the cartridge.

Stanley said he next ran to the driver’s side of the SUV because he couldn’t see his wife and was concerned she had been run over. He reached inside to take the keys out of the ignition. He was still holding the gun with his other hand. “And — boom — this thing just went off.”

He said he waited for police inside the house with his family. They drank coffee at their dining-room table.

Gun evidence:

Defence lawyer Scott Spencer argued the deadly shot was the result of a so-called hang fire, an unexpected delay between when a trigger is pulled and the discharge. Experts testified a hang fire could explain an unusual bulge found in the gun’s cartridge and that a hang fire is more likely to occur with old ammunition.

Stanley testified the bullets he used were more than 60 years old and had been stored in an unheated shed.

The experts also told court that hangfires are rare and usually last less than a second.

The judge:

Chief Justice Martel Popescul told jurors they had three choices. If they found beyond a reasonable doubt that Stanley intended to shoot Boushie, he was guilty of second-degree murder.

If Stanley did not mean to shoot Boushie but his actions were careless — and he ought to have known someone could be hurt – he should be found guilty of the lesser, included offence of manslaughter.

If Stanley’s actions were reasonable, the judge said, he must be acquitted.

Election called! Harper to follow Prentice out the door!

The new seat additions give Harper an advantage.  Calling an election before it is required in tough times is going to weigh heavily against him.   

What is really going to work against him is  his unashamed association with the US Republicans and his obvious push to follow their wishes through his intervention into bulk water exports and the CPP which are only warm up exercises for him.  He has given out huge amounts of bulk water exports to various organizations; the RBC catching a pot full. 

Alberta and Canada have lost much of their irrational fear of Democratic Socialist Governments.  This has been reinforced through Notley's performance.

His foray into the forest fire didn't do him favors; the contrary.  He appeared as a dolt when trying to coax exhausted fire fighters into singing O' Canada for him. So phony!

People who got the bit of a cheque in the mail for child care are rethinking that; taxable it doesn't cover a day in daycare for many.

Trudeau  on the other hand has come up blank.  Where is he on bulk water exports, the CPP and a litany of other political statement opportunities that have come his way.  He obviously doesn't have the support of the old guard I supported for so many years.

I challenged them on doing away with income splitting nothing as a senior with a working spouse this is going to cost me major!   They quickly responded they would not apply this to seniors but failed to say anything about the still working spouse.  Doubletalk.  He is trying to be truly new school running a computer campaign almost entirely except for a Stetson day.

In his favor is a larger education of the general public that the NEP did not cause a world recession and it was the proceeding inflation (up to 25%) that stole the mortgaged homes and business, not the NEP.  That is a might help.  His computer efforts are a waste and now detrimental as  even MS has seen son many they are delegated to the Junk box on automatic.

The NDP show promise, most certainly won't be a warmed over Conservative.  I'm sure Mulclair and his NDP will put in a surprising showing much to the chagrin of Harper. As I said Canadians have lost much of their fear of Democratic Socialism. 

Corporations  loving the discounted corporate taxes will cheer on the Cons but in very troubling times (another 6 years minimum of them) would have me believe a NDP nationally is exactly what we need for the next term. The Conservative trickle down policies didn't work for Harper.  Even the bank of Canada chided industry for not turning loose the money handed them by Harper's tax reductions although, I can't blame them.

Lastly Security bill C51 is a brazen attempt to appease homeland security.  It is the most damaging bit of legislation ever to come out of Ottawa.  If you are Canadian Born it does not affect you but if you are a new Canadian Citizen; when the wash is out your citizenship can be stripped under this bill.  That is a bad legislation that Trudeau ducks.