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Gerald Stanley has been found not guilty in the killing of Colten Boushie but there are no heroes or a no white knight — only people caught up in a tragic series of events.

Someone called it the trial of the century, but it’s hardly that, although it defines what have been settler/First Nations relations in Saskatchewan and this decision will only perpetuate that sorry state of affairs.

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Back on Aug. 9, 2016, a group of five young people entered the rural property of Gerald Stanley and his family. What followed was a series of mistakes and senseless violence. It ended with the death of Boushie, a young man who had recently moved from Montana to be with his mother’s side of the family on the Red Pheasant reserve south of the Battlefords.

The subsequent events and trial have only highlighted the divide between the settler community and the First Nations.

When court adjourns, the two groups walk out and go their separate ways. There is no interaction or even acknowledgment between the two groups.