What they saying that colonisation wasn’t effective at modernising these people and that he gets a reduced sentence because we did a shit job at colonisation.
Judge says 'colonization' a reason Indigenous man gets reduced sentence for choking a toddler
Submitted 4 hours ago by Lovstuhagen@hilariouschaos.com to Conservatives@hilariouschaos.com
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/b-c-indigenous-man-sentencing-choking-kicking-toddler
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muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.com 3 hours ago
Bazell@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
Truly a hilarious event.
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 1 hour ago
It is absurd to have included that as part of the ruling, and certainly indicates the judge was at least as concerned with her own political views as she was the case before her.
That said, there was a LOT going on in the situation that probably contributed to the offender’s obviously poor mental well-being. The judge likely just needlessly threw in some of her own political baggage in what otherwise seems a fairly reasonable sentence upon reading the full article.