Fun fact: the last residential school for native children closed in the 90s.

  • Cybermass@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yeah I often joke that natives are the black people of Canada, but it’s sad there’s still so much injustice for natives here in Canada. My best friend was killed by a truck driver while he was trying to ride his bike to work in the morning and they never even charged the guy, as far as I know he’s still driving around. Burying him was more painful than having a kidney stone and the fact that he won’t see justice because he’s native and cops don’t care is just salt on the wound.

      • TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        The Canadian justice system is notoriously lenient and also incredibly slow.

        We have a dude who cut off and ate part of someone’s head on a greyhound bus… who’s been released to general population with only medication stipulations