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Thunder Bay’s Crown attorney Trevor Jukes is seeking an eight-to-12-year sentence for Brayden Bushby, who was convicted of manslaughter after throwing a trailer hitch at Barbara Kentner, and says his actions were motivated by bias against women, not Indigenous people.
However, victim and community impact statements delivered in Ontario Superior Court on Wednesday said Indigenous communities and groups in Thunder Bay, as well as across the country, feel the attack was fuelled by racism in a city where First Nations people have had items thrown at them for decades.
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Justice for Barbara Kentner
KENORA – Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh and Grand Council Treaty #3 welcome the guilty verdict in the Bushby trial.
“I was relieved to hear the guilty verdict because far too often our people are let down by the justice system and sadly we have become accustomed to it,” said Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh. “It was painful to follow this case as the defence relied on victim blaming as though indigenous peoples need to justify their humanity. My thoughts and prayers are with the Kentner family and the community of Wabigoon Lake during this heartbreaking experience.”
Barbara Kentner passed away at age 34 after being struck by a trailer hitch thrown by Brayden Bushby from a moving vehicle in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Justice Pierce rejected the victim-blaming defence arguments and decided that Bushby’s assault was a “contributing cause” of Kentner’s death. It was also decided that injury to Kentner was a foreseeable resu
Dec 15, 2020 7:52 AM
The Grand Chief of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation is welcoming the manslaughter verdict issued Monday against 22-year-old Brayden Bushby.
34-year-old Barbara Kentner of Wabigoon Lake Ojibway First Nation died on July 4, 207, five months after being struck by a trailer hitch thrown by the accused from a moving car while she was walking with her sister on a residential street.
Alvin Fiddler says it’s encouraging that Justice Pierce rejected the victim-blaming presented by the defence and saw this case for what it was-a deliberate act with a foreseeable outcome.
Fiddler says this case is a stark reminder of the systemic racism and violence perpetrated against Indigenous Peoples in Thunder Bay and across the country.
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