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         [Ryan McMahon]         
          Thunder Bay.          

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          I have family         
      members in the city.      

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     I played hockey there,     
     I grew up around there.    

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         Thunder Bay was        
        the city that...        

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  when you wanted to go to the  
  big city for new shoes before 

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    the first day of school,    
   that's the place you'd go.   

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                ♪               

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       I knew its history,      
       I knew its reality.      

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       I knew some of what      
        we would find...        

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    [Cop] Do not spit on me!    

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    But I had no idea that we   
     would find what we did.    

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                ♪               

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         So this is the         
       intersection where       

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    Barbara was hit with a...   

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      with a trailer hitch.     

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   He threw it out the window   
   and it hit Barbara Kentner.  

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      He laughed and said,      
       "Ha-ha, I got one!       

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       I got one of them!"      

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        [Clanging metal]        

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                ♪               

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         It seemed like         
        every other week,       

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        a new story would       
    emerge from Thunder Bay,    

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      a devastating story,      

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          another young         
        person has died.        

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   [News] An unidentified body  
       has been discovered      

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          in a river in         
      Thunder Bay, Ontario.     

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        What the hell is        
         going on here?         

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   [Ryan] So like in the realm  
         of possibility,        

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  could there have been someone 
  targeting Indigenous people?  

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       The further we dug       
       into those stories,      

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   the more I realized that it  
    was almost like pulling a   

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    thread off a sweater, and   
     you have to be careful,    

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     because pretty soon the    
     whole sweater unravels.    

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       We have cover ups,       
         conspiracies...        

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     It's impossible to do a    
       death investigation      

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     in four or five hours.     

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      They're all aimed at      
        keeping the truth       

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    away from the public eye.   

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     I'm a father, I've got     
    two young Ojibway girls.    

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     It's statistically more    
     probable that they will    

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        die at the hands        
        of violence here.       

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       Because that's what      
      the numbers tell us.      

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    The bottom line is this:    

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          It's racism,          
      it's discrimination.      

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      It's because they are     
     Indigenous, that's it.     

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                ♪               

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        [Rolling thunder]       

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                ♪               

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       [Ryan] Thunder Bay,      

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        a place that will       
     hurt you if you love it.   

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     And it's a place I love.   

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     My name is Ryan McMahon    

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      I grew up a few hours     
         away from here,        

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         in a small town        
       called Fort Frances.     

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        My home reserve is      
    Couchiching First Nation.   

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    I have family and friends   
         in Thunder Bay.        

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      I played hockey here.     

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      I've hung out in this     
     city since I was a kid.    

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            In a way,           
        it's home for me.       

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       Good morning, sir.       

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    In 2018, I made a podcast   
  series to try to dig into the 

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   rumours and bullshit I heard 
       was happening here.      

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    The racism may be polite,   
   but the racism still kills.  

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   It seemed like every other   
     week a new story would     

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    emerge from Thunder Bay,    
      a devastating story.      

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          Another young         
        person has died.        

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      Some weird corruption     
      would hit a headline.     

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   [News] Accused Thunder Bay   
    police Chief JP Levesque    

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   was called to testify this   
  afternoon on the obstruction  

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    of justice and breach of    
    trust trial against him.    

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    Making the podcast series   
          just turned up        

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          more questions        
          than answers.         

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  Like, why do Indigenous people

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       keep turning up dead     
          in this town?         

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        Why are Indigenous      
       teens targeted here?     

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          Why isn't the         
     leadership in this city    

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     doing anything about it?   

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                ♪               

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        When I was making       
       the podcast series,      

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      this is where I would     
    come to sort of reflect.    

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  There's so much beauty here.  

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       You have Nanabozho,      
       the sleeping giant.      

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     But then there's these,    
           you know...          

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             these,             
     just these ugly things.    

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       [News] It's a title      
         no city wants,         

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     but Thunder Bay is back    
   at the top of the list for   

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    homicides across Canada.    

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     Thunder Bay police are     
  releasing a few more details  

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        about the tragic        
       discovery of a body      

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      in the waterway near      
         the Thunder...         

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   ...police are investigating  
    a body found this morning   

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        in Chapples Park.       

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   ...Thunder Bay police have   
   released little information  

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     regarding the discovery    
    of a dead body overnight.   

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       Thunder Bay is the       
    murder capital of Canada.   

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  Thunder Bay had more murders  
       per capita in 2010,      

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        2012, 2014, 2016,       

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        2017, 2018, 2019.       

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       I have a cousin who      
       was murdered here.       

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         The Thunder Bay        
         Police Service         

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   botched the investigation.   

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      As a result of that,      
         we as a family         

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   may never have the justice   
        that our family,        

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          his parents,          
        and he deserves.        

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                ♪               

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     Frequently, the deaths     
       are not even news.       

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     Frequently, the deaths     
    are not even well known.    

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   Frequently, the deaths are   
     a blip in the paper of     

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     four inches and that's     
         the end of it.         

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    [News] The number of hate   
    crimes in Thunder Bay has   

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   doubled from 2019 to 2020.   

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      Almost a third of all     
     Indigenous hate crimes     

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     in Canada are reported     
         in Thunder Bay.        

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   You would think they would   
    be impossible to ignore.    

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      And yet, number one,      
     they keep on happening,    

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  and number two, it continues  
  to be socially acceptable not 

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   to believe that there's any  
 sort of pattern to any of this.

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         After finishing        
       the podcast series,      

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   I thought I was done telling 
     stories about this city.   

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           I was wrong.         

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     The podcast just barely    
      scratched the surface.    

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      I feel it in my bones.    

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  There is something far darker 
  going on here than I realized.

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     And it honestly feels...   

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    like no one gives a shit.   

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     I'm not fucking Columbo.   

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  And I'm not trying to say that
  I'm going to get to bottom of 

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         these cases and        
         find murderers,        

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           but it's not         
        enough to say that      

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           these things         
        just don't add up.      

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          So, I'm back.         

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        I can't look away.      

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        I won't look away.      

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     I'm not letting this go    
     until there are answers.   

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        The families whose      
     loved ones died here...    

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         deserve answers.       

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                ♪               

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            [Sirens]            

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      One of those families     
        is the Kentners...      

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    and a story that's rocking  
      this city to its core.    

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                ♪               

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    It's a safe neighbourhood   
            if you're           

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    from this neighbourhood,    
            for sure.           

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  Otherwise, if you're driving  
   around making a TV series,   

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    maybe that's a bad idea.    

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This is where Barbara Kentner's 
       life came to an end.     

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    I'm not even comfortable    
   being down here like this,   

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      like this is a place      
        we shouldn't be.        

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     But I also think it's a    
    place it's important that   

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        we understand and       
   contextualize in some way.   

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    As we can see, there's a    
   lot of street level action.  

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         A lot of young         
        Indigenous women        

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        standing out here       
         trying to work.        

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  And the more we drive around  
     and disrupt that work,     

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      the more of a problem     
         it's gonna be.         

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   And I'm now being followed   
      by a couple vehicles.     

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                ♪               

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      This is an area where     
       sex workers and...       

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 I guess low-income folks live. 

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       And it's a specific      
  neighbourhood that if you are 

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        of a certain ilk        
         in Thunder Bay,        

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   you come here to point fun   
    at and point fingers and    

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       call names, and...       

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  It's a long-standing problem  
 here that people looking to... 

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      exploit the situation     
            down here           

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   know to target this place.   

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      In the early hours of     
       January 29th, 2017,      

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   Barbara Kentner, a 34-year-  
      old Anishinaabe woman,    

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    was hit by a trailer hitch  
          thrown at her         

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      from a moving vehicle.    

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       We were leaving my       
       sister's house and       

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       we were heading to       
         my son's house.        

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     I seen the car and the     
      guy was hanging like,     

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    half way out the window,    
  like his whole half his body  

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           was sitting          
       outside the window.      

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       He swore and said,       
    "Oh, I got one of them,"    

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  and then he starts laughing.  

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      And then I look and I     
    see my sister bent over,    

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    and she was like, "Miss,    
   I got hit with something!"   

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  And then I look on the ground 
  and there's a trailer hitch.  

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      [News] Some prominent     
       Indigenous leaders,      

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    including Nishnawbe Aski    
    Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler   

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   have called on Thunder Bay   
    police to investigate the   

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    incident as a hate crime.   

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        This is a pretty        
     typical trailer hitch,     

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     you might say it's your    
    universal trailer hitch.    

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    It can pull 3500 pounds.    

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   And you drop your boat onto  
      the back of this and      

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        you tow your boat       
          to the lake,          

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          your camper,          
      trailer to the lake.      

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  And after a day of drinking,  
      Brayden Bushby makes      

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      his way back into the     
      city of Thunder Bay,      

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    and he decides he's gonna   
     throw this at two women    

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    walking down the street,    
    like anyone else would...   

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       on any given night.      

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   And every decision he made,  

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   from the time he retrieved   
      this from the street,     

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       to the time he took      
       his seat belt off,       

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     to the time that he...     

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     he unrolled the window,    

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        to the time where       
        he sat his ass...       

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   on the window sill, holding  
    the headrest of his seat.   

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     To the time he put this    
   up in the air to throw it.   

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  Every decision he made to do  
     that was another chance    

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    he could have said, "No,    
     I'm not gonna do this."    

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        But he chose to.        

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   'Cause once he threw it out  
      the window and it hit     

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    Barbara Kentner, he came    
      back into the car and     

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      he laughed, he said,      
         "Ha, I got one!        

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       I got one of them."      

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                ♪               

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        [Clanging metal]        

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                ♪               

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        5 months after the      
     incident, on July 4th...   

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           Kentner died         
         of her injuries.       

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            It hurts.           

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        She's with my mom       
          and dad now,          

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      but she shouldn't be,     
            you know.           

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  She's leaving, she's leaving  
  her 16-year-old daughter....  

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        behind, I can't.        

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                ♪               

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       This has been going      
      on for so long and...     

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            My mom...           

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             She...             

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                ♪               

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           [Sniffling]          
      She deserves justice.     

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    And I deserve to finally    
       be able to grieve.       

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                ♪               

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    But in September of 2020,   
        there was a major-      

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        and controversial-      
           development.         

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      [News] The Crown has      
  announced it's withdrawing a  

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   second-degree murder charge  
     against Bushby for his     

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   alleged involvement in the   
    death of Barbara Kentner,   

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  and will instead proceed with 
    a charge of manslaughter.   

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         [Cars honking]         

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        Bushby has pleaded      
          "not guilty."         

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     And now, the verdict is    
         due in two days.       

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       How could something      
      like this happen here?    

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      I think at least some     
   of the answers lie way back, 

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      in the very beginnings    
          of this city.         

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                ♪               

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      Thunder Bay is on the     
         northern shores        

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        of Gitchi Gamig...      

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        or Lake Superior.       

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           It's humble,         
         it's rugged and,       

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       more than anything,      
           it's tough.          

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    It's where fur traders and  
    lumberjacks and miners and  

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    sailors and entrepreneurs   
          of all stripes        

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         came to try and        
          build a life.         

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    And, for the Anishinaabe,   
    my people that have lived   

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   here for thousands of years, 
       this place is home.      

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    Thunder Bay is one of the   
      furthest places from      

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     an ocean in the world.     

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      We are 8 hours north      
         of Minneapolis.        

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          We're 8 hours         
        east of Winnipeg.       

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             We are,            
      by global standards,      

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    in the middle of nowhere.   

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    It feels more remote here   
         sometimes than         

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   it feels like in the Yukon.  

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       So, there's a sense      
       of alienation here.      

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       There's a sense of       
  righteousness and resistance. 

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     Because things just do     
     work differently here.     

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      The form it takes is      
    strongman-type leadership   

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     that we started seeing     
       with Walter Assef,       

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         in particular,         
            as mayor.           

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  I was the one elected to run  
  this city with this council,  

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       and I will not take      
      dictation from you or     

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      anybody else in here.     
    I want you to know that.    

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           Mr. Mayor,           
       it's not dictation,      

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      we proceed according      
          to the bylaws         

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         established by         
        the corporation.        

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  We'll change the bylaws too.  
       I'll show you that.      

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          [Off-screen]          
  "I'll whip you bad, I will!"  

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       "You're not a man!"      

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         Don't you cross        
         me again, Joe.         

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     -I'm not crossing you.     
        -Don't cross me!        

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      I don't cross you...      

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   I'll tell you, one of these  
    days, I'll whip you bad.    

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     -So I'm gonna tell ya-     
     -Well, you can do that.    

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             I will.            
    You're damn right I will!   

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    That kind of "tough guy,"   
        frontier mentality      

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      started here early on.    

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     The settlers who came to   
   Thunder Bay were immigrants, 

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       and they stayed here     
        against the odds.       

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        They built it up,       
     they fought to survive.    

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   Now they look at others who  
   come here as the outsiders.  

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       Even people like me.     

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  [Travis] The white community  
         in Thunder Bay,        

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    we live a very insulated,   
            safe life           

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    in these certain bubbles.   

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   We're a lunch bucket town,   
       we're a mill town,       

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      we're a lumber town.      

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        "Grandpa grew up        
      working in the bush,      

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      in the sawmills," and     
    all those stories, right.   

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    It's a cash for life job,   
 that's what we call it, right? 

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   [Jon] In northern Ontario,   
       the economies have       

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   traditionally been based on  
      resource extraction.      

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         In the mid-90s,        
           it shifted.          

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       The paper industry       
       started going down,      

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     pulp and paper started     
    falling off in a way that   

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  it would never recover from.  

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     [Riley] I think for the    
     middle-class folks who     

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       were promised this       
         Canadian dream         

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         in northwestern        
            Ontario,            

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  there's this real resentment  
     that starts to happen.     

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        You know, I think       
     there is a bitterness,     

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   and I think they're looking  
     for somebody to blame.     

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   And I think in Thunder Bay,  
        it's really easy        

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       to blame Indigenous      
        people for that.        

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    And what are they blaming   
      Indigenous people for?    

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         The free dental,       
     the not paying of taxes,   

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        the cheap gas and       
        cheap smokes that       

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    we can get on the reserve.  

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       You know, the perks      
       of being Indigenous,     

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      the consolation prizes    
     we got for colonization.   

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 So, I grew up in a small rural 
   town north of Thunder Bay,   

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     also a service hub for     
    the remote First Nations    

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          in the north.         

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        I've been here in       
    Thunder Bay for 11 years.   

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    I've been told, you know,   
   "Just go back to the rez,"   

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      things like that and,     
            you know,           

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     those things happen in     
      public places like in     

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    children's hockey change    
       rooms, for example,      

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       so quite normalized      
         and acceptable         

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    to say things like that.    

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   But those are the kinds of   
  things that Indigenous people 

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    have to deal with daily.    

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  I remember like being in like 
    the sixth grade and like    

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    my friends around me and    
      stuff like, you know,     

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     my white friends that I    
   were going to school with.   

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     Their older sisters or     
  brothers were getting jobs at 

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     like the mall and they     
     were like, "Oh my God,     

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      it's always like the      
   terrible Native people that  

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          come and like         
        ruin everything."       

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   And then I'd sit there and   
      look at them because      

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      they would know I was     
 obviously Indigenous and they- 

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       it was always then,      
     "But you're different.     

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  You're, you're not like those 
   Indigenous people, Riley."   

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          I'm somewhat          
        white passing...        

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      but I think about my      
    daughter who's a lot more   

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          brown-skinned         
        than I am, and...       

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   just kind of being so aware  
     of that in a city where    

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     you're wondering if the    
      person behind you in      

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     the grocery store line     
          is thinking,          

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          "What's this          
       Indian doing here?"      

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   And what kind of, you know,  
      negative stereotypes      

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   they're thinking about you.  

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        When I was making       
           the podcast,         

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     I asked people living in   
Thunder Bay for their thoughts. 

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     And, you'd think people    
    would be hesitant to talk   

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         about stuff this       
         publicly, but...       

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        Nope, I was wrong.      

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     [Woman] I hate to sound    
     like a "racist", but...    

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  It's the northern population, 
   we just harbour them in and  

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      nobody is in control      
       of their behaviour.      

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     [Man] It's not about us    
        mistreating them,       

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       there's no racism,       
     it's about idle hands.     

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    [Man 2] I think it's just   
   people being stupid, right?  

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     Being around there when    
        they're drinking        

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00:17:01,687 --> 00:17:04,056
          or whatever,          
         horse-playing.         

361
00:17:04,156 --> 00:17:06,158
              [Woman] They don't
              know civilization.

362
00:17:06,258 --> 00:17:10,529
                ♪               

363
00:17:10,629 --> 00:17:13,599
      That kind of ugliness     
    showed up with a vengeance  

364
00:17:13,699 --> 00:17:16,035
     in the months after the    
    death of Barbara Kentner.   

365
00:17:16,135 --> 00:17:17,870
         [Cars honking]         

366
00:17:17,970 --> 00:17:20,773
        [Riley] Barbara's       
     story was so personal.     

367
00:17:20,873 --> 00:17:23,542
       The night that she       
       was first attacked,      

368
00:17:23,642 --> 00:17:26,545
       she was walking to       
       my friend's house.       

369
00:17:26,645 --> 00:17:29,515
  I think there are probably a  
   bunch of reasons why people  

370
00:17:29,615 --> 00:17:31,417
      cared about Barbara's     
          case so much.         

371
00:17:31,517 --> 00:17:33,719
     In Thunder Bay though,     
          specifically.         

372
00:17:33,819 --> 00:17:37,623
   I think part of that had to  
      do with the way that      

373
00:17:37,723 --> 00:17:40,926
         Brayden Bushby,        
   specifically, was somebody   

374
00:17:41,026 --> 00:17:45,264
    so symbolic of, I think,    
      Thunder Bay at large.     

375
00:17:45,364 --> 00:17:47,232
     Because the thing about    
     Brayden Bushby, right,     

376
00:17:47,332 --> 00:17:50,436
      is that like, that's      
      every boy, basically,     

377
00:17:50,536 --> 00:17:51,870
   I went to high school with.  

378
00:17:51,970 --> 00:17:56,108
  That's all of like, you know, 
         the people that        

379
00:17:56,208 --> 00:17:59,344
        I would encounter       
        when I worked at,       

380
00:17:59,445 --> 00:18:01,680
       like the McDonald's      
            downtown.           

381
00:18:01,780 --> 00:18:04,349
   And, you know, when I would  
       go down to the pubs      

382
00:18:04,450 --> 00:18:06,952
          in the city,          
         he's everyone.         

383
00:18:07,052 --> 00:18:10,122
  And that's really, you know,  
    apparent when you realize   

384
00:18:10,222 --> 00:18:12,758
  that there is not really any  
    visible Indigenous person   

385
00:18:12,858 --> 00:18:16,095
  in that city that has not had 
    something thrown at them,   

386
00:18:16,195 --> 00:18:18,097
        that has not had        
        some sort of like       

387
00:18:18,197 --> 00:18:20,666
    racist BS spewed at them.   

388
00:18:20,766 --> 00:18:23,302
     It all comes from just     
      different variations      

389
00:18:23,402 --> 00:18:24,837
          of that man.          

390
00:18:24,937 --> 00:18:27,206
    This symbolic journey of    
   white men travelling to the  

391
00:18:27,306 --> 00:18:30,609
   bad side of town to do mean  
   things to Native people and  

392
00:18:30,709 --> 00:18:33,378
      then go back to their     
       nice white houses,       

393
00:18:33,479 --> 00:18:36,048
     this happens so fucking    
      much in Thunder Bay,      

394
00:18:36,148 --> 00:18:38,450
        it's disgusting.        

395
00:18:38,550 --> 00:18:39,818
        People hear about       
        trailer hitches,        

396
00:18:39,918 --> 00:18:41,386
       but they don't hear      
    about chicken McNuggets.    

397
00:18:41,487 --> 00:18:42,421
   They don't hear about eggs   

398
00:18:42,521 --> 00:18:43,489
        'cause it doesn't       
         make the news.         

399
00:18:43,589 --> 00:18:45,858
       This stuff goes on       
          all the time.         

400
00:18:45,958 --> 00:18:49,495
   We are here gathering today  
      for tomorrow's event      

401
00:18:49,595 --> 00:18:52,231
    about the Kentner family.   

402
00:18:52,331 --> 00:18:56,602
  And we are also have to deal  
   with racism in Thunder Bay.  

403
00:18:56,702 --> 00:18:58,904
       That is the reason       
        why she is gone.        

404
00:18:59,004 --> 00:19:02,674
  It's not going to be safe as  
  long as we don't work on it.  

405
00:19:02,774 --> 00:19:06,612
     [Cheering & applauding]    

406
00:19:06,712 --> 00:19:09,948
                ♪               

407
00:19:10,048 --> 00:19:12,784
  Even though during the trial, 
   Bushby admitted throwing the 

408
00:19:12,885 --> 00:19:15,554
    trailer hitch at Barbara,   
       his lawyers claimed      

409
00:19:15,654 --> 00:19:18,190
          it wasn't the         
         reason she died.       

410
00:19:18,290 --> 00:19:21,460
        They blamed it on       
         her "lifestyle".       

411
00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,629
        I was getting the       
       updates on Twitter,      

412
00:19:23,729 --> 00:19:26,565
    and watching the way the    
  defence framed Braydon Bushby 

413
00:19:26,665 --> 00:19:29,468
   versus the way they framed   
     Barbara also, you know,    

414
00:19:29,568 --> 00:19:32,171
    talking about her history   
       of substance abuse,      

415
00:19:32,271 --> 00:19:35,941
   talking about her previous   
   illnesses and just really,   

416
00:19:36,041 --> 00:19:39,344
   you know, villainizing her   
  in this case while making him 

417
00:19:39,444 --> 00:19:42,714
      out to be, this like      
    scared little white boy,    

418
00:19:42,814 --> 00:19:46,752
   was... was so infuriating.   

419
00:19:46,852 --> 00:19:50,022
  It was very smart on the part 
  of the defence because that's 

420
00:19:50,122 --> 00:19:54,726
  exactly how Thunder Bay likes 
 to think of themselves, right? 

421
00:19:54,826 --> 00:19:56,695
         Brayden Bushbys        
         are everywhere.        

422
00:19:56,795 --> 00:19:59,198
     Like our city produced     
       Brayden Bushby and       

423
00:19:59,298 --> 00:20:01,233
    will produce another one.   

424
00:20:01,333 --> 00:20:05,604
        And there will be       
      no transformation...      

425
00:20:05,704 --> 00:20:08,473
   as long as we just continue  
    to reproduce that model.    

426
00:20:08,574 --> 00:20:10,542
    What do you expect then,    
            tomorrow?           

427
00:20:10,642 --> 00:20:11,877
        Like, what, what-       

428
00:20:11,977 --> 00:20:14,079
     tomorrow's the start of    
     something new, perhaps?    

429
00:20:14,179 --> 00:20:17,049
    Thunder Bay doesn't care    
     about Indigenous lives.    

430
00:20:17,149 --> 00:20:22,588
      And that is not gonna     
     change with a verdict.     

431
00:20:22,688 --> 00:20:25,624
       -See you tomorrow!       
             -Okay!             

432
00:20:32,197 --> 00:20:36,235
                ♪               

433
00:20:36,335 --> 00:20:39,605
     After almost four years,   
   Barbara Kentner's family is  

434
00:20:39,705 --> 00:20:42,241
     now just hours away from   
    finding out if their hopes  

435
00:20:42,341 --> 00:20:45,711
for justice will be fulfilled.  

436
00:20:45,811 --> 00:20:48,013
         But elsewhere in       
        northern Ontario,       

437
00:20:48,113 --> 00:20:50,616
    there are dozens of other   
  families who dream of getting 

438
00:20:50,716 --> 00:20:54,720
     answers to the unsolved    
   deaths of their loved ones.  

439
00:20:54,820 --> 00:20:58,557
       They are all tragic,     
     but, for me as a father,   

440
00:20:58,657 --> 00:21:03,362
         some have hit me       
         especially hard.       

441
00:21:03,462 --> 00:21:06,498
       Jethro Anderson, 15.     

442
00:21:06,598 --> 00:21:10,369
        Curran Strang, 18.      

443
00:21:10,469 --> 00:21:14,640
       Paul Panacheese, 21.     

444
00:21:14,740 --> 00:21:18,243
        Robyn Harper, 18.       

445
00:21:18,343 --> 00:21:22,180
        Reggie Bushie, 15.      

446
00:21:22,281 --> 00:21:26,251
       Kyle Morriseau, 17.      

447
00:21:26,351 --> 00:21:29,521
       Jordan Wabasse, 15.      

448
00:21:29,621 --> 00:21:32,958
    The Seven Fallen Feathers.  

449
00:21:33,058 --> 00:21:35,294
      All young people whose    
      deaths in Thunder Bay     

450
00:21:35,394 --> 00:21:37,462
         were written off       
         as accidental...       

451
00:21:37,562 --> 00:21:40,465
     or simply undetermined.    

452
00:21:40,565 --> 00:21:42,401
      But the stories around    
           their deaths         

453
00:21:42,501 --> 00:21:44,636
        bring up troubling      
            questions.          

454
00:21:44,736 --> 00:21:47,005
    Suspicious circumstances,   

455
00:21:47,105 --> 00:21:49,374
        lack of meaningful      
         investigations,        

456
00:21:49,474 --> 00:21:51,143
         no charges laid,       

457
00:21:51,243 --> 00:21:54,813
        and no justice for      
       any of the families.     

458
00:21:54,913 --> 00:21:58,250
       My career has been       
      me traveling around,      

459
00:21:58,350 --> 00:21:59,451
   talking with young people,   

460
00:21:59,551 --> 00:22:01,119
       working with youth,      
          doing comedy.         

461
00:22:01,219 --> 00:22:06,325
   And I've met so many young   
    people in my path that...   

462
00:22:06,425 --> 00:22:08,894
             have...            

463
00:22:08,994 --> 00:22:13,632
   hopes and dreams that they   
   don't know how to achieve.   

464
00:22:13,732 --> 00:22:15,834
      And when I heard the      
    story of Jordan Wabasse,    

465
00:22:15,934 --> 00:22:20,038
  I heard the story of a young  
   person that found a way to   

466
00:22:20,138 --> 00:22:22,774
    chase his dreams, and he    
       wouldn't have died       

467
00:22:22,874 --> 00:22:24,843
         if he wouldn't         
         have come here.        

468
00:22:24,943 --> 00:22:27,179
                ♪               

469
00:22:27,279 --> 00:22:28,647
    He would not have died if   

470
00:22:28,747 --> 00:22:31,149
     he would not have come     
         to Thunder Bay.        

471
00:22:31,249 --> 00:22:38,190
                ♪               

472
00:22:38,290 --> 00:22:39,458
      You guys ready to go?     

473
00:22:39,558 --> 00:22:40,726
           -Yes, sir!           
             -Yeah!             

474
00:22:40,826 --> 00:22:42,594
    ♪ [Indigenous singing] ♪    

475
00:22:42,694 --> 00:22:44,496
         -Everybody in?         
             -Yeah.             

476
00:22:44,596 --> 00:22:47,432
            1, 2, 3!            
         Power of love!         

477
00:22:47,532 --> 00:22:48,600
         Alright, guys,         
         let's do this!         

478
00:22:48,700 --> 00:22:53,805
      [Indistinct speaking]     

479
00:22:53,905 --> 00:22:56,241
    ♪ [Indigenous singing] ♪    

480
00:22:56,341 --> 00:23:00,345
                ♪               

481
00:23:00,445 --> 00:23:02,013
      [Indistinct speaking]     

482
00:23:02,114 --> 00:23:03,482
          Stay on 'em,          
       stay on 'em, Kyler!      

483
00:23:03,582 --> 00:23:05,817
          Thunder Bay is        
        hockey heartland.       

484
00:23:05,917 --> 00:23:07,886
   Most kids get strapped into  
       skates from the time     

485
00:23:07,986 --> 00:23:09,488
       they can walk here.      

486
00:23:09,588 --> 00:23:12,724
       Gap, close the gap,      
        right there, yep.       

487
00:23:12,824 --> 00:23:15,127
     In Thunder Bay, going to   
    the National Hockey League  

488
00:23:15,227 --> 00:23:17,829
    is something that actually  
        happens to people.      

489
00:23:17,929 --> 00:23:19,564
     The city has the highest   
          percentage of         

490
00:23:19,664 --> 00:23:22,801
      NHL winners per capita    
        in all of Canada.       

491
00:23:22,901 --> 00:23:24,669
        Nice, nice, nice,       
           move it up!          

492
00:23:24,770 --> 00:23:26,071
           Here we go,          
           here we go!          

493
00:23:26,171 --> 00:23:29,274
     A lot of kids here dream   
      of playing in the NHL.    

494
00:23:29,374 --> 00:23:33,979
    15-year-old Jordan Wabasse  
       had that same dream.     

495
00:23:34,079 --> 00:23:36,248
    But at the time, Jordan's   
          home community        

496
00:23:36,348 --> 00:23:37,949
    of Webequie First Nation,   

497
00:23:38,049 --> 00:23:40,986
       some 500 kilometres      
     north of Thunder Bay...    

498
00:23:41,086 --> 00:23:44,222
       didn't even have an      
       indoor hockey rink.      

499
00:23:44,322 --> 00:23:47,292
     So, Jordan persuaded his   
      mother and grandmother    

500
00:23:47,392 --> 00:23:50,429
        to let him come to      
   Thunder Bay to play hockey.  

501
00:23:50,529 --> 00:23:53,432
    He enrolled in high school  
      in October 2010 at the    

502
00:23:53,532 --> 00:23:55,467
     Matawa Education Center.   

503
00:23:55,567 --> 00:23:58,770
  And that fall, he was drafted 
     to play with this team,    

504
00:23:58,870 --> 00:24:00,939
    the Current River Comets.   

505
00:24:01,039 --> 00:24:02,441
               Oh!              

506
00:24:02,541 --> 00:24:04,810
   What an unbelievable save.   

507
00:24:11,550 --> 00:24:19,057
                ♪               

508
00:24:19,157 --> 00:24:20,826
         How many goals         
        you scored here?        

509
00:24:20,926 --> 00:24:23,128
    -Ah, my fair share, yeah.   
           -[Laughing]          

510
00:24:23,228 --> 00:24:24,896
         I like shootin'        
        this way, though.       

511
00:24:24,996 --> 00:24:28,200
                ♪               

512
00:24:31,570 --> 00:24:32,938
        You played hockey       
          with Jordan?          

513
00:24:33,038 --> 00:24:35,273
           I did, yes.          
   I was a first-year midget.   

514
00:24:35,373 --> 00:24:38,210
    Midget ranges from 15, 16   
  all the way to 17 years old.  

515
00:24:38,310 --> 00:24:40,312
   It was my first year, I was  
      a rookie on the team.     

516
00:24:40,412 --> 00:24:42,113
  Part way through the season,  
         Jordan Wabasse         

517
00:24:42,214 --> 00:24:46,751
         joins the team.        
     Um, just take us there.    

518
00:24:46,852 --> 00:24:48,854
        First practice he       
        steps on the ice,       

519
00:24:48,954 --> 00:24:50,956
   he gets in that net and...   

520
00:24:51,056 --> 00:24:52,858
     not a lot of pucks went    
    in that net in practice,    

521
00:24:52,958 --> 00:24:55,460
  that first practice, and all  
    the practices after that.   

522
00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:56,761
   And then I'm thinking like,  

523
00:24:56,862 --> 00:24:58,430
        this guy's on our       
         midget B team?         

524
00:24:58,530 --> 00:25:02,100
   Are you for real right now?  
       This is, wow, wow.       

525
00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,536
    Yeah, and on a team that    
 I thought couldn't get better, 

526
00:25:04,636 --> 00:25:06,738
         now we're like         
     basically unstoppable.     

527
00:25:06,838 --> 00:25:09,908
        We were, we were        
       really good, yeah.       

528
00:25:10,008 --> 00:25:12,744
    I don't know if he had a    
      game the entire time      

529
00:25:12,844 --> 00:25:15,814
     he played for us where     
        he played poorly.       

530
00:25:15,914 --> 00:25:17,716
       We pretty much won       
      every game he played.     

531
00:25:17,816 --> 00:25:20,085
    And the last game that he   
    played for us was in the    

532
00:25:20,185 --> 00:25:23,188
     finals of a tournament,    
   I think we won six-nothing.  

533
00:25:23,288 --> 00:25:26,224
     The six doesn't do the     
     nothing justice on the     

534
00:25:26,324 --> 00:25:28,960
       scoreboard kind of       
      thing just because...     

535
00:25:29,060 --> 00:25:31,763
        you know, he was        
       sensational, like,       

536
00:25:31,863 --> 00:25:34,799
   he won us that final game.   

537
00:25:34,900 --> 00:25:37,168
         By all accounts,       
    Jordan had a real shot at   

538
00:25:37,269 --> 00:25:39,671
    playing for a major junior  
           hockey team.         

539
00:25:39,771 --> 00:25:42,040
         And from there,        
            who knows?          

540
00:25:42,140 --> 00:25:45,544
         He had the drive       
       and he had a dream.      

541
00:25:45,644 --> 00:25:48,647
    But, four months after he   
     arrives in Thunder Bay,    

542
00:25:48,747 --> 00:25:51,149
    Jordan Wabasse disappears.  

543
00:25:51,249 --> 00:25:53,685
  [News] We go to Ontario now.  

544
00:25:53,785 --> 00:25:56,021
         It's a parent's        
        worst nightmare.        

545
00:25:56,121 --> 00:26:00,058
     A First Nation teenager    
     missing in Thunder Bay.    

546
00:26:00,158 --> 00:26:03,728
   15-year-old Jordan Wabasse   
    was last seen getting off   

547
00:26:03,828 --> 00:26:06,431
      a transit bus on the      
    evening of February 7th.    

548
00:26:06,531 --> 00:26:09,568
                ♪               

549
00:26:09,668 --> 00:26:11,136
        He was wearing a        
        dark grey jacket,       

550
00:26:11,236 --> 00:26:13,238
       a blue grey Toronto      
        Maple Leafs hat,        

551
00:26:13,338 --> 00:26:17,976
      black pants and white     
      Adidas running shoes.     

552
00:26:18,076 --> 00:26:20,845
        On February 7th,        
         he did call me,        

553
00:26:20,946 --> 00:26:23,715
         that afternoon         
       probably around 4.       

554
00:26:23,815 --> 00:26:24,883
        What did you talk       
         about that day?        

555
00:26:24,983 --> 00:26:27,152
     He was telling me about    
      that Wisconsin game.      

556
00:26:27,252 --> 00:26:32,457
      And that he was going     
       to have another...       

557
00:26:32,557 --> 00:26:35,594
      tournament that week.     

558
00:26:35,694 --> 00:26:38,663
    I wanted to come out, his   
     mom was coming out too.    

559
00:26:38,763 --> 00:26:40,799
   But I didn't tell him that,  

560
00:26:40,899 --> 00:26:46,304
         'cause I wanted        
        to surprise him.        

561
00:26:46,404 --> 00:26:48,607
      We have practice and      
       Jordan's not there.      

562
00:26:48,707 --> 00:26:51,042
     But it wasn't a totally    
   out of the normal thing for  

563
00:26:51,142 --> 00:26:53,878
        somebody to miss        
        practice, right.        

564
00:26:53,979 --> 00:26:56,448
   Work, school, girlfriends,   
       whatever it may be,      

565
00:26:56,548 --> 00:26:58,984
          guys missed.          
  Guys missed hockey sometimes. 

566
00:26:59,084 --> 00:27:01,686
                ♪               

567
00:27:01,786 --> 00:27:05,323
          The next day,         
     towards the evening...     

568
00:27:05,423 --> 00:27:09,394
  when they, they told me that  
  he was still missing and that 

569
00:27:09,494 --> 00:27:12,330
    he didn't make it home...   

570
00:27:12,430 --> 00:27:14,065
      If a young child goes     
       missing, you know,       

571
00:27:14,165 --> 00:27:15,900
     a 13, 14, 15-year-old,     

572
00:27:16,001 --> 00:27:18,637
         if you hope to         
        find them alive,        

573
00:27:18,737 --> 00:27:20,772
         you don't have         
         a lot of time.         

574
00:27:20,872 --> 00:27:22,173
  Especially in the wintertime. 

575
00:27:22,273 --> 00:27:25,143
    You need to do everything   
  you can within those first... 

576
00:27:25,243 --> 00:27:28,246
       few hours or those       
         first few days.        

577
00:27:28,346 --> 00:27:32,117
    Bernice, who is Jordan's    
 mother, and the father, Derek, 

578
00:27:32,217 --> 00:27:35,286
      flew down from their      
      community to stay in      

579
00:27:35,387 --> 00:27:39,891
   Thunder Bay and to actively  
   be on the ground searching.  

580
00:27:39,991 --> 00:27:42,694
       It was an extensive      
         search effort.         

581
00:27:42,794 --> 00:27:55,440
                ♪               

582
00:27:55,540 --> 00:27:58,309
   It was a group of Indigenous 
    searchers, not the police,  

583
00:27:58,410 --> 00:28:01,680
       that found the first     
         sign of Jordan.        

584
00:28:01,780 --> 00:28:04,549
   The Toronto Maple Leaf hat   
     that was found down by     

585
00:28:04,649 --> 00:28:06,785
    the river, unfortunately,   
   indicates that he may have   

586
00:28:06,885 --> 00:28:08,253
   been down around the water.  

587
00:28:08,353 --> 00:28:11,856
      After that, we're not     
        completely sure.        

588
00:28:11,956 --> 00:28:15,293
     Unfortunately, it seems    
        that we may have        

589
00:28:15,393 --> 00:28:17,562
         a tragic ending        
         to this event.         

590
00:28:17,662 --> 00:28:21,299
                ♪               

591
00:28:21,399 --> 00:28:24,202
    An unidentified body has    
   been discovered in a river   

592
00:28:24,302 --> 00:28:28,106
    in Thunder Bay, Ontario.    

593
00:28:28,206 --> 00:28:30,909
     Boaters made the latest    
  discovery near an area where  

594
00:28:31,009 --> 00:28:33,678
     the hat of missing teen    
         Jordan Wabasse         

595
00:28:33,778 --> 00:28:36,481
   was found late last month.   

596
00:28:36,581 --> 00:28:39,250
   The body that was recovered  
   from the Kaministiqua River  

597
00:28:39,350 --> 00:28:42,787
   last night is currently the  
    subject of a post-mortem    

598
00:28:42,887 --> 00:28:44,823
        examination here        
         in Thunder Bay.        

599
00:28:44,923 --> 00:28:47,092
      We are hoping that...     

600
00:28:47,192 --> 00:28:49,694
    that will give a positive   
    identification as to the    

601
00:28:49,794 --> 00:28:52,564
    identity of this person.    

602
00:28:52,664 --> 00:28:54,899
      The day after Jordan's    
         body was found,        

603
00:28:54,999 --> 00:28:58,169
       there was an autopsy     
         in Thunder Bay.        

604
00:28:58,269 --> 00:29:01,606
   Jordan's cause of death was, 
   quote, "Cold water drowning, 

605
00:29:01,706 --> 00:29:04,809
    with contributing factors   
      being alcohol use and     

606
00:29:04,909 --> 00:29:08,279
           cold ambient         
          temperatures."        

607
00:29:08,379 --> 00:29:11,015
        The report further      
       states that, quote,      

608
00:29:11,116 --> 00:29:13,251
        "In the absence of      
       any other evidence,      

609
00:29:13,351 --> 00:29:17,522
  there is no reason to suspect 
      foul play," end quote.    

610
00:29:17,622 --> 00:29:20,458
                ♪               

611
00:29:20,558 --> 00:29:23,728
    So, this is the bus stop    
  where Jordan Wabasse got off, 

612
00:29:23,828 --> 00:29:25,196
   the night he went missing.   

613
00:29:25,296 --> 00:29:28,366
   It's alleged, the official   
 story is that from here, he... 

614
00:29:28,466 --> 00:29:31,169
      he walked about 2 and     
        a half kilometres       

615
00:29:31,269 --> 00:29:33,338
             to the             
       Kaministiqua River,      

616
00:29:33,438 --> 00:29:36,641
       where he allegedly       
      fell in and drowned.      

617
00:29:36,741 --> 00:29:39,144
    The thing we can't really   
  square with that whole story  

618
00:29:39,244 --> 00:29:41,079
         is that he was         
       this close to home,      

619
00:29:41,179 --> 00:29:43,181
      'cause I can see his      
    door from here, you know,   

620
00:29:43,281 --> 00:29:44,949
          I can see his         
        house from here.        

621
00:29:45,049 --> 00:29:47,218
     And it was minus 35...     

622
00:29:47,318 --> 00:29:50,088
     in the dead of winter,     
       in February, so...       

623
00:29:50,188 --> 00:29:52,257
     We wanted to come here     
       and do the walk and      

624
00:29:52,357 --> 00:29:54,659
       see if we can make       
       sense of it at all.      

625
00:29:54,759 --> 00:29:58,463
                ♪               

626
00:29:58,563 --> 00:30:01,533
       So, Jordan Wabasse       
        on that evening,        

627
00:30:01,633 --> 00:30:04,803
    had been around the inner   
     city area with friends.    

628
00:30:04,903 --> 00:30:08,206
       And then, he headed      
        home on the bus.        

629
00:30:08,306 --> 00:30:10,675
      It was clear from the     
           videos that          

630
00:30:10,775 --> 00:30:13,011
        he was not super        
          intoxicated.          

631
00:30:13,111 --> 00:30:15,446
          He was happy.         

632
00:30:15,547 --> 00:30:19,217
   When he got off the bus, he  
 would have had to have gone... 

633
00:30:19,317 --> 00:30:21,219
    about almost 2 kilometres   

634
00:30:21,319 --> 00:30:23,555
     back down Mary Street,     
            to James.           

635
00:30:23,655 --> 00:30:25,490
                ♪               

636
00:30:25,590 --> 00:30:27,792
         Down through a         
        dark underpass...       

637
00:30:27,892 --> 00:30:31,830
                ♪               

638
00:30:31,930 --> 00:30:33,598
         Veer 30 degrees        
         to the left...         

639
00:30:33,698 --> 00:30:35,366
                ♪               

640
00:30:35,466 --> 00:30:38,303
          In the dark,          
        to a dark bridge.       

641
00:30:38,403 --> 00:30:40,138
                ♪               

642
00:30:40,238 --> 00:30:42,540
   It's alleged here is where   
         Jordan Wabasse         

643
00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:46,744
    fell into the river, and    
        drowned and died.       

644
00:30:46,845 --> 00:30:50,615
     Again, look at the map.    

645
00:30:50,715 --> 00:30:52,684
         If his plan was        
        to go the bridge,       

646
00:30:52,784 --> 00:30:57,155
he could have gotten off here   
at Frederica Street and James.  

647
00:30:57,255 --> 00:31:00,258
     But instead, he got off    
         at the bus stop        

648
00:31:00,358 --> 00:31:02,193
   right in front of his house. 

649
00:31:02,293 --> 00:31:06,397
   And then walked all the way  
     back down to the bridge?   

650
00:31:06,497 --> 00:31:08,867
   It just doesn't make sense.  

651
00:31:08,967 --> 00:31:12,003
                ♪               

652
00:31:12,103 --> 00:31:13,404
         Maybe you would        
         slide down it,         

653
00:31:13,504 --> 00:31:15,607
         it was cold and        
         icy and snowy.         

654
00:31:15,707 --> 00:31:17,742
    But he would have hit the   
    debris that's down here,    

655
00:31:17,842 --> 00:31:20,478
    I mean, there are stumps,   
  there are flat little ledges, 

656
00:31:20,578 --> 00:31:22,046
        there are rocks.        

657
00:31:22,146 --> 00:31:24,749
     Jordan's death was not     
     properly investigated.     

658
00:31:24,849 --> 00:31:28,253
     There are so many open     
     -ended questions about,    

659
00:31:28,353 --> 00:31:30,188
      how did he get there?     

660
00:31:30,288 --> 00:31:32,790
     It's not clear that he     
      wasn't forced there,      

661
00:31:32,891 --> 00:31:36,194
  or that interactions happened 
   with people that would have  

662
00:31:36,294 --> 00:31:40,398
      ultimately led to him     
       being in the river.      

663
00:31:40,498 --> 00:31:44,402
     Not only are the police    
   responsible to investigate,  

664
00:31:44,502 --> 00:31:47,005
   the coroner's office at law  
        is responsible to       

665
00:31:47,105 --> 00:31:48,806
    do its own investigation.   

666
00:31:48,907 --> 00:31:50,275
         So, when these         
        deaths happened,        

667
00:31:50,375 --> 00:31:53,645
         they didn't do         
       that either. Right?      

668
00:31:53,745 --> 00:31:56,047
         There are many         
       examples like that.      

669
00:31:56,147 --> 00:32:05,023
                ♪               

670
00:32:05,123 --> 00:32:06,324
       You know, you have       
        the seven deaths.       

671
00:32:06,424 --> 00:32:08,493
     There were many deaths     
      before those deaths.      

672
00:32:08,593 --> 00:32:10,795
       And we've had many       
     more deaths since then.    

673
00:32:10,895 --> 00:32:13,731
                ♪               

674
00:32:13,831 --> 00:32:16,801
          [Train horn]          

675
00:32:16,901 --> 00:32:19,237
                ♪               

676
00:32:19,337 --> 00:32:22,006
       So, I have one spot      
      I want to take you...     

677
00:32:22,106 --> 00:32:24,309
         It's a metaphor        

678
00:32:24,409 --> 00:32:26,477
      So, I like this spot.     

679
00:32:26,577 --> 00:32:29,380
  It's got all these old docks, 
        like all these...       

680
00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:32,550
  like all these posts are like 
    all the old wooden docks.   

681
00:32:32,650 --> 00:32:34,619
             -Yeah.             
       -And then it's got-      

682
00:32:34,719 --> 00:32:37,822
 It still has like the remnants 
     of what it used to be.     

683
00:32:37,922 --> 00:32:39,490
      And it's kind of sad.     

684
00:32:39,590 --> 00:32:40,491
           [Laughing]           

685
00:32:40,591 --> 00:32:42,427
             -It is.            
    -But then there's ducks.    

686
00:32:42,527 --> 00:32:44,228
        There's ducks and       
         there's geese.         

687
00:32:44,329 --> 00:32:47,131
       And they don't care      
    that Thunder Bay is sad.    

688
00:32:47,231 --> 00:32:49,434
    Ah, it's such a beautiful   
        place, this city,       

689
00:32:49,534 --> 00:32:52,904
       and there is great       
     places to get outdoors.    

690
00:32:53,004 --> 00:32:56,040
    And I go down to Mission    
    Marsh often for walks and   

691
00:32:56,140 --> 00:32:57,275
        stuff like that.        

692
00:32:57,375 --> 00:32:59,243
     But, I mean, you can't     
         do that without        

693
00:32:59,344 --> 00:33:01,913
       thinking about all       
         of that either.        

694
00:33:02,013 --> 00:33:04,415
         Chapples Park,         

695
00:33:04,515 --> 00:33:07,085
   that's where Tammy Keeash's  
         body was found.        

696
00:33:07,185 --> 00:33:11,522
       [Indigenous singing      
          & drumming] ♪         

697
00:33:11,622 --> 00:33:14,425
 There was that one evening they
  had the vigil for her, right. 

698
00:33:14,525 --> 00:33:17,528
   So, you had all the family   
  and community members and...  

699
00:33:17,628 --> 00:33:21,499
           people just          
        grieving for her,       

700
00:33:21,599 --> 00:33:24,435
    on one side of the hill.    

701
00:33:24,535 --> 00:33:28,473
                ♪               

702
00:33:28,573 --> 00:33:30,908
 On the other side of the hill, 
         you had like...        

703
00:33:31,009 --> 00:33:33,845
  the non-Indigenous community  
      going about you know      

704
00:33:33,945 --> 00:33:37,148
 their regular daily activities,
    enjoying their sports and   

705
00:33:37,248 --> 00:33:39,417
  children and families and...  

706
00:33:39,517 --> 00:33:43,621
       probably completely      
     oblivious to, you know,    

707
00:33:43,721 --> 00:33:47,158
     the pain and heartache     
       that was going on,       

708
00:33:47,258 --> 00:33:49,327
       on the other side,       
         it was just...         

709
00:33:49,427 --> 00:33:50,695
        To see those like       
       in your face, like,      

710
00:33:50,795 --> 00:33:52,897
     I see those everywhere     
      here in Thunder Bay.      

711
00:33:52,997 --> 00:33:56,334
    Indigenous people die in    
   Chapples Park all the time.  

712
00:33:56,434 --> 00:33:57,535
      And that's where they     
         want to put the        

713
00:33:57,635 --> 00:34:01,439
       new soccer complex,      
   you know, and it's like...   

714
00:34:01,539 --> 00:34:05,076
   Man, there's two solitudes,  
         there's like...        

715
00:34:05,176 --> 00:34:08,146
    those that are privileged   
   enough to not pay attention  

716
00:34:08,246 --> 00:34:11,049
 and those that have to because 
    their lives depend on it.   

717
00:34:11,149 --> 00:34:14,118
      Yeah, just back there     
            is where            

718
00:34:14,218 --> 00:34:18,389
          Josiah Begg's         
         body was found.        

719
00:34:18,489 --> 00:34:22,460
   We are in a lot of pain and  
    sorrow about the outcome    

720
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:24,595
     that Josiah was found.     

721
00:34:24,695 --> 00:34:27,398
        We had hoped for        
        a better outcome.       

722
00:34:27,498 --> 00:34:30,401
   But it wasn't meant to be.   

723
00:34:30,501 --> 00:34:33,104
  But he was, I mean, his body  
    was so close to being...    

724
00:34:33,204 --> 00:34:36,007
 like, lost out in the lake and 
  would never have been found.  

725
00:34:36,107 --> 00:34:37,542
              Yeah.             

726
00:34:37,642 --> 00:34:43,648
      I wonder actually how     
    many bodies there are...    

727
00:34:43,748 --> 00:34:47,151
       that have gone, and      
       are now, you know,       

728
00:34:47,251 --> 00:34:49,220
   lost out on Lake Superior?   

729
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:56,761
          [Trickling &          
        splashing water]        

730
00:34:58,663 --> 00:35:01,799
     There have been so many    
   deaths in this city already. 

731
00:35:01,899 --> 00:35:05,303
         The Seven Fallen       
       Feathers, and more.      

732
00:35:05,403 --> 00:35:08,272
     In fact, there have been   
       so many deaths here,     

733
00:35:08,372 --> 00:35:11,576
          no one really         
        knows the number.       

734
00:35:11,676 --> 00:35:14,879
    With police investigations  
        failing so badly,       

735
00:35:14,979 --> 00:35:17,782
     how many more Indigenous   
       people are there...      

736
00:35:17,882 --> 00:35:20,184
           whose deaths         
        were just let go?       

737
00:35:20,284 --> 00:35:25,590
                ♪               

738
00:35:25,690 --> 00:35:27,725
        Is it too much to       
        hope that justice       

739
00:35:27,825 --> 00:35:29,627
    will finally be served...   

740
00:35:29,727 --> 00:35:33,264
      in at least one case?     

741
00:35:33,364 --> 00:35:36,434
          We believe as         
      Ojibway people that,      

742
00:35:36,534 --> 00:35:40,571
        that the offering       
         is a way to...         

743
00:35:40,671 --> 00:35:43,641
      to petition for help.     

744
00:35:43,741 --> 00:35:46,978
   This tobacco offering is me  
   just putting it on the land  

745
00:35:47,078 --> 00:35:48,980
     and just letting those,    
        those prayers and       

746
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:51,082
  those reflections kind of...  

747
00:35:51,182 --> 00:35:53,151
           kind of be.          

748
00:35:53,251 --> 00:35:58,656
                ♪               

749
00:35:58,756 --> 00:36:13,604
    ♪ [Indigenous singing] ♪    

750
00:36:13,704 --> 00:36:18,376
    ♪ [Indigenous singing] ♪    

751
00:36:18,476 --> 00:36:21,612
            [Sirens]            

752
00:36:21,712 --> 00:36:23,848
     I sat down with Melissa    
   Kentner the night before the 

753
00:36:23,948 --> 00:36:27,118
   verdict in the case against  
       her sister's killer.     

754
00:36:27,218 --> 00:36:28,452
        Thank you for...        

755
00:36:28,553 --> 00:36:31,756
    for agreeing to sit down    
   with us for a few minutes.   

756
00:36:31,856 --> 00:36:34,158
   The last thing she wanted to 
     do was answer questions    

757
00:36:34,258 --> 00:36:38,829
     from me, but there is so   
    much riding on this case.   

758
00:36:38,930 --> 00:36:41,032
        I guess I'm just        
      kind of wondering...      

759
00:36:41,132 --> 00:36:44,268
 what you're thinking, in terms 
     of the verdict tomorrow    

760
00:36:44,368 --> 00:36:47,038
          and, and what         
        you're expecting.       

761
00:36:47,138 --> 00:36:48,573
   Whatever happens tomorrow,   

762
00:36:48,673 --> 00:36:50,208
       it will never bring      
         back my sister.        

763
00:36:50,308 --> 00:36:53,044
   You know, my sister is not   
   here to help her daughter-   

764
00:36:53,144 --> 00:36:54,712
    Fight, like, be with her    

765
00:36:54,812 --> 00:36:56,747
  while she's fighting cancer,  
            you know.           

766
00:36:56,847 --> 00:37:00,651
    Her daughter's crying all   
    the time, wants her mom.    

767
00:37:00,751 --> 00:37:03,287
   But she can't have her mom.  
            You know,           

768
00:37:03,387 --> 00:37:07,558
         that's the sad         
         part about it.         

769
00:37:07,658 --> 00:37:10,861
        And so, the idea        
        of justice then,        

770
00:37:10,962 --> 00:37:14,365
         is there such a        
        thing as justice?       

771
00:37:14,465 --> 00:37:16,567
        No, there's not.        

772
00:37:16,667 --> 00:37:19,837
    This process, it's been,    
         it's been hell.        

773
00:37:19,937 --> 00:37:23,808
      I wasn't able to get      
  counselling for myself to...  

774
00:37:23,908 --> 00:37:26,911
    sit there and try to help   
        myself so I could       

775
00:37:27,011 --> 00:37:30,248
      take care of my kids,     
   and they're grieving also.   

776
00:37:30,348 --> 00:37:33,784
   Because I wasn't allowed to  
      talk about it because     

777
00:37:33,884 --> 00:37:35,253
         I was supposed         
         to be hush hush        

778
00:37:35,353 --> 00:37:37,421
         because I'm the        
        primary witness.        

779
00:37:37,521 --> 00:37:40,458
      And they said if you-     
    if I was to say anything    

780
00:37:40,558 --> 00:37:44,929
   about the court, they would  
       have to submit it.       

781
00:37:45,029 --> 00:37:49,600
   And so, the idea of justice  
 is not on the table for you... 

782
00:37:49,700 --> 00:37:52,870
        and peace will be       
        hard to come by?        

783
00:37:52,970 --> 00:37:56,974
 I would like to see him behind 
    bars for what he's done.    

784
00:37:57,074 --> 00:38:00,978
  Like, I hate to say it, if it 
  was a Native kid that did it, 

785
00:38:01,078 --> 00:38:03,814
       that guy would have      
      been already in jail.     

786
00:38:03,914 --> 00:38:08,085
    He would have been still    
  in jail, awaiting his trial.  

787
00:38:08,185 --> 00:38:10,187
     When this all happened,    
     you had to leave town.     

788
00:38:10,288 --> 00:38:12,823
  After Barb's funeral, my kids 
   started getting threatened   

789
00:38:12,923 --> 00:38:14,425
      by these other kids,      
    saying that they're gonna   

790
00:38:14,525 --> 00:38:16,694
          throw trailer         
        hitches at them.        

791
00:38:16,794 --> 00:38:18,629
         So, I took them        
          out of here.          

792
00:38:18,729 --> 00:38:20,464
    And I didn't want Serena    
    being around here either    

793
00:38:20,564 --> 00:38:24,335
        in case something       
        happened to her.        

794
00:38:24,435 --> 00:38:27,338
      Thank you for coming      
         to talk to us.         

795
00:38:33,344 --> 00:38:39,050
        [Birds chirping]        

796
00:38:39,150 --> 00:38:43,487
                ♪               

797
00:38:43,587 --> 00:38:50,194
     We're about 28 minutes     
     away from the verdict.     

798
00:38:50,294 --> 00:38:52,697
                ♪               

799
00:38:52,797 --> 00:38:56,033
    There's a heaviness that    
   has certainly fallen here.   

800
00:38:56,133 --> 00:38:58,703
                ♪               

801
00:38:58,803 --> 00:39:01,339
      [Off-screen] What do      
       you hope for today?      

802
00:39:01,439 --> 00:39:05,343
     I don't wish him harm.     
  I don't wish his family harm. 

803
00:39:05,443 --> 00:39:10,981
        I don't want for        
        him to... suffer.       

804
00:39:11,082 --> 00:39:12,550
       I want him to face       
        the consequences,       

805
00:39:12,650 --> 00:39:14,852
        whatever that is.       

806
00:39:14,952 --> 00:39:17,488
        What could happen       
       is he goes to jail.      

807
00:39:17,588 --> 00:39:19,590
        What could happen       
          is he walks,          

808
00:39:19,690 --> 00:39:22,560
  with some sort of probation.  

809
00:39:22,660 --> 00:39:24,462
     And in 28 minutes we're    
       going to figure out      

810
00:39:24,562 --> 00:39:26,931
   what the future looks like   
        for Thunder Bay.        

811
00:39:27,031 --> 00:39:36,507
                ♪               

812
00:39:36,607 --> 00:39:39,210
     And then... it happens.    

813
00:39:39,310 --> 00:39:41,712
       Judge Pierce starts      
       reading her verdict.     

814
00:39:41,812 --> 00:39:45,149
     Quote: "The court must     
determine whether Mr. Bushby's  

815
00:39:45,249 --> 00:39:48,252
   act of striking Miss Kentner 
      with the trailer hitch    

816
00:39:48,352 --> 00:39:50,087
        was a contributing      
        cause of her death      

817
00:39:50,187 --> 00:39:56,227
      that was not minimal."    
            End quote.          

818
00:39:56,327 --> 00:39:58,429
       When pressed during      
        cross-examination,      

819
00:39:58,529 --> 00:40:02,366
    Dr. Toby Rose- a forensic   
    pathologist- stated that,   

820
00:40:02,466 --> 00:40:05,970
    quote: "Miss Kentner was a  
    very sick woman who would   

821
00:40:06,070 --> 00:40:08,339
      have died as a result     
        of liver disease,       

822
00:40:08,439 --> 00:40:11,509
      but the complications     
       hastened her death."     

823
00:40:11,609 --> 00:40:12,910
            End quote.          

824
00:40:13,010 --> 00:40:18,182
     However, she was unable    
       to say by how much.      

825
00:40:18,282 --> 00:40:22,286
  But, in the end, Judge Pierce 
      concluded that, quote:    

826
00:40:22,386 --> 00:40:25,456
    "In my view, the crown is   
     not required to prove to   

827
00:40:25,556 --> 00:40:30,728
   an absolute certainty what   
medical science does not know.  

828
00:40:30,828 --> 00:40:35,032
    Therefore, I find Brayden   
     Bushby guilty as charged   

829
00:40:35,132 --> 00:40:38,202
        of the offence of       
    manslaughter." End quote.   

830
00:40:38,302 --> 00:40:45,609
                ♪               

831
00:40:45,709 --> 00:40:47,044
        [News] Describing       
       her final decision,      

832
00:40:47,144 --> 00:40:50,014
    Judge Pierce stated that    
    the Crown proved beyond a   

833
00:40:50,114 --> 00:40:54,318
   reasonable doubt that there  
   was no intervening act that  

834
00:40:54,418 --> 00:40:58,289
       displaced Bushby's       
  responsibility for Kentner's  

835
00:40:58,389 --> 00:41:02,026
    injury and ensuing death,   
         and therefore,         

836
00:41:02,126 --> 00:41:05,930
       Pierce agreed that       
    through an unlawful act,    

837
00:41:06,030 --> 00:41:09,800
     Bushby accelerated and     
   eventually caused Kentner's  

838
00:41:09,900 --> 00:41:13,137
     passing, and therefore,    
        she found Bushby        

839
00:41:13,237 --> 00:41:15,105
       guilty as charged.       

840
00:41:27,017 --> 00:41:29,320
        When the verdict        
         was read, like,        

841
00:41:29,420 --> 00:41:32,056
    it was like these months    
     and months of buildup,     

842
00:41:32,156 --> 00:41:35,759
        just like totally       
       exploded out of me,      

843
00:41:35,860 --> 00:41:38,796
    like I sobbed for hours.    

844
00:41:38,896 --> 00:41:40,364
      As soon as I saw the,     
         like, you know,        

845
00:41:40,464 --> 00:41:42,500
   verdict some up on my feed,  
      I was like- [Gasping]     

846
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:46,804
    And it was like the long,   
   long exhale after months of  

847
00:41:46,904 --> 00:41:48,973
         what felt like         
      holding your breath.      

848
00:41:49,073 --> 00:41:54,345
                ♪               

849
00:41:54,445 --> 00:41:57,681
  I'm happy, but the thing is,  
     why is he still able to    

850
00:41:57,781 --> 00:42:00,284
     walk the streets until     
       his sentence date?       

851
00:42:05,589 --> 00:42:07,124
      It is! Well, look it,     

852
00:42:07,224 --> 00:42:08,926
       look at the colour       
          of his skin.          

853
00:42:09,026 --> 00:42:11,762
       He gets to go spend      
    holidays with his family.   

854
00:42:11,862 --> 00:42:13,664
       What about Serena?       
     She's fighting cancer,     

855
00:42:13,764 --> 00:42:15,933
      she can't spend time      
        with her mother.        

856
00:42:16,033 --> 00:42:18,035
        I hate to say it,       
         it's the truth.        

857
00:42:18,135 --> 00:42:21,038
     That's... I want to say    
          so much more,         

858
00:42:21,138 --> 00:42:23,240
        but I'm gonna get       
       myself in trouble.       

859
00:42:23,340 --> 00:42:26,477
                ♪               

860
00:42:26,577 --> 00:42:28,979
  I don't want to say no more,  
  I'm just starting to get mad. 

861
00:42:29,079 --> 00:42:32,049
                ♪               

862
00:42:32,149 --> 00:42:33,817
     It's so unceremonious.     

863
00:42:33,918 --> 00:42:35,619
       You walk out alone       
         with your mom.         

864
00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:38,422
        No one's talking,       
    you stare at the ground.    

865
00:42:38,522 --> 00:42:40,224
      And he has, you know,     

866
00:42:40,324 --> 00:42:42,826
         he's going home        
         for Christmas.         

867
00:42:42,927 --> 00:42:45,362
        He just walks out       
        and he goes home.       

868
00:42:45,462 --> 00:42:50,034
  And he takes his suit off and 
  he throws on some sweatpants. 

869
00:42:50,134 --> 00:42:53,704
  It goes back to the question  
      of, what is justice?      

870
00:42:53,804 --> 00:42:56,574
         He's guilty of         
      manslaughter, but...      

871
00:42:56,674 --> 00:43:00,678
  I don't think anyone can feel 
    good about today really.    

872
00:43:00,778 --> 00:43:03,080
        Barbara Kentner's       
       life is destroyed.       

873
00:43:03,180 --> 00:43:06,550
       The Kentner family       
       has lost a sister.       

874
00:43:06,650 --> 00:43:09,820
                ♪               

875
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:12,222
         In the grimmest        
         possible sense,        

876
00:43:12,323 --> 00:43:15,125
   the story of Barbara Kentner 
   only highlights Thunder Bay  

877
00:43:15,225 --> 00:43:17,895
   as Canada's murder capital.  

878
00:43:17,995 --> 00:43:21,532
          But it doesn't        
        fully explain why.      

879
00:43:21,632 --> 00:43:25,169
     The truth is, is that,     
   the things that happen here  

880
00:43:25,269 --> 00:43:27,938
    are unique to this place    
     because of this place,     

881
00:43:28,038 --> 00:43:30,274
        because of where        
         this place is,         

882
00:43:30,374 --> 00:43:33,377
      because of the unique     
      intersection between      

883
00:43:33,477 --> 00:43:36,180
         Indigenous and         
     non-indigenous people.     

884
00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:40,084
       This city has never      
         been able to...        

885
00:43:40,184 --> 00:43:44,121
     wrestle with the answer    
    of what to do about that.   

886
00:43:44,221 --> 00:43:56,367
                ♪               

887
00:43:56,467 --> 00:43:58,535
         What happened to       
       all of the teenagers     

888
00:43:58,636 --> 00:44:00,104
           who died in          
           Thunder Bay?         

889
00:44:00,204 --> 00:44:02,072
    If these were white kids,   
           after two,           

890
00:44:02,172 --> 00:44:03,974
         can you imagine        
           the outcry?          

891
00:44:04,074 --> 00:44:07,144
    There have been concerns    
    that there was in fact a    

892
00:44:07,244 --> 00:44:12,182
     serial killer targeting    
  vulnerable Indigenous youth.  

893
00:44:12,282 --> 00:44:15,386
      A black SUV pulled up     
      just right beside me.     

894
00:44:15,486 --> 00:44:17,287
     He says the men grabbed    
        his left arm and        

895
00:44:17,388 --> 00:44:19,657
     punched him three times    
         in the stomach.        

896
00:44:19,757 --> 00:44:20,991
         There was blood        
         on his face and        

897
00:44:21,091 --> 00:44:23,360
         a large gash on        
          his forehead.         

898
00:44:23,460 --> 00:44:25,629
         There's running        
         footprints that        

899
00:44:25,729 --> 00:44:27,798
   lead towards the open ice.   

900
00:44:27,898 --> 00:44:29,800
      There were witnesses      
         who saw people         

901
00:44:29,900 --> 00:44:31,969
         waiting at the         
        bus stop for him.       

902
00:44:32,069 --> 00:44:35,239
          He pulled out         
         a 2x4 this big.        

903
00:44:35,339 --> 00:44:37,241
   There's an old story about   
        what farm boys do       

904
00:44:37,341 --> 00:44:38,842
       to go have fun on a      
         Saturday night.        

905
00:44:38,942 --> 00:44:40,978
        He smacked me on        
        the back with it.       

906
00:44:41,078 --> 00:44:43,213
     They tip cows and have     
     a good laugh about it.     

907
00:44:43,313 --> 00:44:45,249
 I just kept thinking, get out, 
        get out, get out.       

908
00:44:45,349 --> 00:44:48,118
     So what if, instead of     
          tipping cows,         

909
00:44:48,218 --> 00:44:51,155
    they roll "drunk Indians"   
         into the river?        

910
00:44:51,255 --> 00:44:55,025
                ♪               

911
00:45:07,905 --> 00:45:22,786
                               ♪

912
00:45:22,886 --> 00:45:33,397
                               ♪