{"id":3832,"date":"2020-04-28T22:26:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T01:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=3832"},"modified":"2020-04-28T22:48:40","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T01:48:40","slug":"bambi-had-wished-to-be-the-deer-that-mr-johnson-thought-he-hit-sadly-even-this-wishful-thinking-cannot-bring-brady-francis-back-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/04\/28\/bambi-had-wished-to-be-the-deer-that-mr-johnson-thought-he-hit-sadly-even-this-wishful-thinking-cannot-bring-brady-francis-back-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Bambi had wished to be the \u201cdeer\u201d that Mr. Johnson thought he hit. Sadly, even this wishful thinking cannot bring Brady Francis back to life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sadly, this TRAGEDY occurred in New Brunswick in 2018.\nBrady, a youth of 22-years old died after having been hit by a car:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nMi’kmaq community on edge over hit-and-run death of Brady Francis<\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bambi\u2019s heart goes to Brady\u2019s parents, extended\nfamily, and friends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 After a lengthy\nhit-and-run trial, Judge Denise Leblanc \u201chas found Maurice Johnson not\nguilty in the death of Brady Francis that happened two years ago<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I am not convinced beyond a reasonable doubt\nthat Johnson knowingly hit a person<\/em>,” she said whilst taking over two\nhours to read her decision to the court. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The details are in this article: https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/new-brunswick\/maurice-johnson-verdict-brady-francis-1.5547219<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is absolutely heart-breaking to read about the words\nBrady\u2019s mom, saying she \u201cfelt let down by the Canadian justice system\u201d\u2026 “I’m\nso angry, hurt, lost \u2026 let down,” to use her own words.\n“Why did I have faith in this[?]”.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the same vein, the Elsipogtog First Nation Chief Aaron\nSock said immediately after the verdict: “There’s no justice for First\nNations people in Canada”.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life is SO unfair\u2026 Sadly, there is nothing, not even a\nguilty verdict, that would have brought Brady back. It cannot also bring immediate\nclosure and healing to all those hearts who have loved him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This NB tragedy makes Bambi think of her family\u2019s\nneighbours in Beirut. They lost their two sons in two different car tragedies.\nIn both cases, the deceased boy was hanging out with the same friend. Of\ncourse, not his fault. It was just fate. The family moved on with their lives,\ndespite the initial shock and anger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Brady\u2019s hit-and-run death whilst waiting for a lift\n(perhaps from his parents?), there is no word that can be said or written to\ndescribe the cruelty of the sad story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Johnson maintained his version of a deer, thinking\nhe hit one. Forensic evidence was also missing to make the Judge convinced \u201cbeyond\na reasonable doubt\u201d that this man \u201cknowingly hit a person\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this judgment, it is clear for Bambi that the ethno-linguistic\nbackground of the young victim was not related to the outcome of this trial. In\nother terms, the historic facts and reality of abuses and colonization toward our\nfirst nations are irrelevant here\u2026 despite the disappointment and anger of\nloved ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice should be served equally to all citizens, even\nwhen they happen to be from this or that vulnerable group in our society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bambi could have misunderstood the CBC article. However,\nit seems to her that the RCMP police worked hard to prove their guilt hypothesis.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite this, and despite a societal public opinion of sympathy toward first nations, Judge Leblanc seemed to have meticulously analyzed all the evidence at her hand. It takes much courage on behalf of a judge to come to a verdict based on evidence (or lack of?), and not on politics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, our legal system is far from being perfect,\nespecially perhaps in NB, but it remains the best \u201cimpartial\u201d process humans\ncan have to obtain a resemblance of justice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a citizen self-representing, Bambi\u2019 spouse experienced\nthe imperfect NB legal system. His experience brought to his\/our attention\nserious issues\/gaps. However, despite this bad story, not a single minute passed\nby where him or Bambi thought that his saga with our town and, by extension\nwith the NB or Canadian legal system, was due to his different heritage (culture,\nincluding language\/religion, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To conclude this post, may Brady\u2019s memory be eternal\u2026 May his mom and dad manage to find enough peace to be able to go to sleep tonight, despite their sadness and disappointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sadly, this TRAGEDY occurred in New Brunswick in 2018. Brady, a youth of 22-years old died after having been hit by a car: Bambi\u2019s heart goes to Brady\u2019s parents, extended family, and friends.  After a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3832"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3832"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3837,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3832\/revisions\/3837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}