‘No justice served here today’: Emotional reactions after Stanley trial verdict
Colten Boushie’s family appeared devastated when they left the courthouse Friday after they learned the jury had acquitted Gerald Stanley in the 22-year-old’s 2016 shooting death.
Debbie Baptiste, Boushie’s mother, was wailing and sobbing uncontrollably as she was helped down the steps of the Court of Queens Bench in Battleford after the decision came down.
Stanley was charged with second-degree murder for the incident that took place on Stanley’s Biggar-area farmyard in August 2016. After deliberating for around 13 hours that started Thursday afternoon, the jury, which was instructed to consider the charge of second-degree murder or manslaughter, came to the verdict of not guilty on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Boushie’s cousin Jade Tootoosis held back tears as she spoke to the media outside the courthouse.