Both sides express frustration on third day of Stanley trial
It was another emotional day for both sides in the high-profile murder trial of Gerald Stanley today in Battleford. The Colten Boushie family, as well as some observers with sympathies for Gerald Stanley’s plight, expressed some frustrations on the third day of the trial on Wednesday.
Stanley is facing a charge of second degree murder related to the fatal shooting of Boushie in Aug. 2016.
A Biggar area farmer attending the trial said he is disappointed with the media coverage, saying farmers haven’t been portrayed accurately or fairly.
“The media is making farmers and everybody saying we’re racist,” said Tom Jiricka “This has nothing to do with racist. This is to do with break in and enterings (sic) of farms. There are bad apples on every side. Yes, there are some bad apples in the reserve. I know I’ve been broken into. I never realized how violated you feel… I don’t like the way the media has made us look.”