You can't kill someone for stealing (or attempting to steal) your stuff. Even if they are drunk. Even if there have been a lot of thefts from farms in your area. But the defence never claimed it was self-defence.
Stanley shot Boushie in the back of the head. I think either he was angry/scared and in the heat of the moment, shot him OR he was careless and pointed the gun directly at a person when he only wanted to fire warning shots.
To me, that makes him guilty of something. I haven't followed the case well enough to guess whether the crown did a bad job, the jury made the wrong call, or whatever.
I grew up not far from where this happened and there are definitely racial issues just below the surface (and sometimes above).
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