A petition has been launched calling for an outside prosecutor and investigator to look into the Colten Boushie case.
The petition, found at change.org, was started by Jade Tootoosis, Colten's cousin.
The Boushie family indicated in the petition the reason for the call for an outside prosecutor and investigator is because the ministry and the RCMP have lost their trust and they say they believe their Treaty 6 rights are being compromised.
The petition comes in the wake of a number of recent news stories that have focused on the RCMP’s handling of the case. Those include stories that the vehicle Boushie was a passenger in had ended up in a salvage yard before tests could be conducted, possibly compromising potential blood evidence.
Boushie was 22 years old when he was shot and killed on the RM of Glenside on Aug. 9. The accused, Gerald Stanley, faces a second-degree murder charge and is due back in court for a preliminary hearing in the case in January in North Battleford.
As of Monday, 1,093 people signed the online petition. The petition is to be delivered to Saskatchewan minister of Justice Gordon Wyant and to Bob Paulson, commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
