Anyone with a different skin tone would have served jail time. What’s notably absent from the article is any mention of the impact on the victim’s family. Is their loss just collateral damage?
…Provincial Court of Manitoba Judge Wanda Garreck said defence counsel’s request for a conditional sentence was more appropriate after applying both the Gladue principle and precedents from R. v. Ipeelee, another landmark Canadian decision involving “systemic and background factors” related to Indigeneity.
Linklater, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was tossed from the vehicle at some point during the crash and was pronounced dead on the scene. It’s not clear how severely Okemow was injured, if at all, but she did produce “blood alcohol readings over three times the legal limit.”
What a total shit show! You couldn’t make up that story and have it believed. Gotta love the Indians (it’s all the white man’s fault).
The court rulings will have to continue to be more and more absurd, before the “just-us system” will roll Gladue back.
Something similar happened in S’toon, where a drunk/high Native woman hit and killed a Native pedestrian child in a cross walk, and received a paltry judicial decision from the court.
Can you imagine the outcry if it had been a white person who hit and killed a native child pedestrian!
I didn’t know Indians drank that much.
I’ve … shared … this before but I will compare MY childhood trauma to ANY native’s childhood trauma … any day. Which included witnessing alcoholic parents getting beat-up for abusing the WRONG people, arrested, and jailed. Lost jobs. Poverty. Despair. One of my earliest childhood memories is being woken up in the middle of the night by my mother, bundled into our car in pajamas and robe, to go scour the local bars to find my father.
So next time I’m in traffic court, trying to beat a ticket for not coming to a COMPLETE stop at an intersection with no other cars present … completely sober … I’m going to regale the court with stories of my ‘childhood trauma’ … about the abuse and poverty and lack of any responsible adult in my upbringing.
I’ll let you know how that goes. Although I should probably change my name to ‘Rain cloud’ or something … first.
more proof of my suggestion, ya wanna kill sumbuddy in Canaduh (this new spelling is permanent) practice getting drunk. get good and sloshed and wheel around an abandon parking lot with blood alcohol min double. get those do it yerself kits figure out what it takes. you can do it. get accustomed to concentrating beyond the buzz.
now, stalk the target. and run them over, literally body under the wheels.
butcheronnerlwuzintoxinatedatthetyme. applies, and sentence a year min, out by 3 instead of 25.
only in Canaduh.
Ah, the ‘two tier justice’ meme. This has been noticed for some decades now. So what? Noticing and complaining have a proven track record of not triggering reforms. People are starting to notice that, too. So, what does trigger reforms? Not the elected officials who have a proven track record of not doing what is on their ‘platform’. Hmmm. This might be best included in your musings on ‘Populism’, and, possibly, ‘Accelerationism’. Oh well.
When I want trigger reforms, I look to Roy Rogers. He knew how to shape up a horse.
Now you’ve gone and triggered me.
You were warned.
Grant was a very good and decent young man with a great future. – heres how his killer was treated – kid gloves throughout – because he was an Indian
The killer of Grant De Patie was Darnell Pratt. In March 2005, Pratt, who was 16 years old, dragged the 24-year-old gas station attendant to his death while fleeing a “gas-and-dash” in Maple Ridge, British Columbia.
Case Details & Aftermath:
The Incident: Pratt drove a stolen car and attempted to flee without paying for roughly $12 worth of gas. De Patie attempted to stop the theft and was trapped underneath the vehicle, being dragged for over 7 kilometers.
Sentencing: Pratt was originally sentenced to nine years in prison, which was reduced to seven years on appeal. He was released in 2010 but repeatedly violated his parole and was sent back to prison on multiple occasions.
Chronological Parole Violations
June 2010 (First Breach): Just 48 hours after being granted his first statutory release, Pratt walked away from a Kamloops halfway house. He violated his curfew, went to a pub, consumed alcohol, and was found with suspected heroin. The National Parole Board immediately revoked his freedom and sent him back to prison.
November 2011 (Second Breach): Two days after being released from a federal penitentiary for a second time, Pratt failed to return to his designated halfway house in Victoria. A Canada-wide arrest warrant was issued, and he surrendered to the Victoria police two weeks later.
June 2012 (Third Breach): One month after being released from the maximum-security Kent Institution, Pratt breached his statutory release conditions once again while in Victoria. The specific details of this final breach were not publicly disclosed by the parole board.
Underlying Infractions & Institutional Behavior According to reports from Global News and the Parole Board of Canada, Pratt’s release failures were driven by a pattern of specific infractions: Substance Abuse: Repeatedly using drugs and alcohol while out on release and inside prison. Criminal Association: Associating with known criminal peers. Curfew Evading: Repeatedly failing to report to or skipping curfews at his designated halfway houses.
Only the full force of the law against White Canadians
No punishment for violent Indians? They are free to kill all the Indians they want with no consequences. Most of the murdered and missing Indian women are killed by Indian men. That seems to be what the government and courts want.