Former Saskatchewan RCMP boss warned officers to watch opinions after Stanley verdict
From the time Boushie was shot, social media lit up with users making derogatory comments, prompting then-premier Brad Wall to call for “racist and hate-filled” comments to stop.
Zablocki also said in a statement that the debate was significant and it was his responsibility “to remind employees of the risks associated with engaging in this public debate.”Advertisement 4Sunchild said Boushie’s family members were aware they were being monitored by RCMP, but it didn’t feel like it was intended to keep them safe. Any offers for assistance from Mounties felt insincere, she added.
It found the way she was informed of his death to be insensitive, with officers smelling the grieving woman’s breath for alcohol and looking in a microwave to verify she had made her son food. “If I’m comparing the effectiveness of experts to the jury,” one officer wrote, the “ was the easiest to follow and make sense of things.”One week after the verdict, Zablocki emailed officers thanking them for their work during a “challenging and emotional” time. He noted it had generated many rallies, media attention and other commentary, “including the quality of the RCMP’s investigation and our relationships with Indigenous communities.
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