Between 50-100 community members attended a formal protest held outside the legislative assembly on Monday as the continuation of outrage over Friday's Saskatchewan jury verdict of farmer Gerald Stanley resumed across the territory.
Colten Boushie was killed in August of 2016 in North Battleford, Sask. Almost two-years later a jury, widely believed to have had no Indigenous members on it, acquitted Gerald Stanley after witness testimony placed Stanley at the scene of the shooting with a handgun.
Over the weekend and into Monday, Yellowknife continued reacting to the incident.
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On Saturday, the activist group Denedeh Against the Dakota Access Pipeline held a traditional smudging ceremony outside of the Canada Post office however this protest, organized by Sandra Lockhart sought out to condemn the flaws in our judicial system and to educate people on the racism that still divides our country.
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The call for judicial reform following the Colten Boushie case has rang throughout the country and according to Lockhart should result in a look at our correctional facilities.
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