Juno News - April 21, 2026


＂Indigenous ancestry＂ factored in 6 month sentence for man who abused toddler


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219

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10

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00:00:00.000 Would you believe me if I told you that an individual who abused a toddler received less
00:00:05.440 jail time because he happened to be Indigenous? Well, this is what happened. A BC Provincial 0.96
00:00:11.000 Court judge cited an offender's Indigenous ancestry as one of the mitigating factors when
00:00:16.700 sentencing a man to only six months in jail for kicking and choking his girlfriend's 28-month-old
00:00:23.420 toddler in incidents captured on a nanny cam. So to give you a bit of a rundown, this individual
00:00:28.480 whose name is protected by a publication ban, kicked his girlfriend's toddler in the face and
00:00:34.880 then proceeded to choke him. He pleaded guilty to one count of assault by choking and one count of
00:00:40.500 simple assault. But because of his indigenous ancestry, he was sentenced to only six months
00:00:46.320 instead of a one-year jail term. And what makes this even crazier is that there is no known 0.98
00:00:51.920 residential school impact on his family and he was not brought up in a traditional First Nations
00:00:57.600 household. And the judge actually acknowledged this but said even the disassociation with one's
00:01:02.620 past and cultural heritage is a negative consequence of colonialization. What do you
00:01:07.520 guys think about this decision? Leave a comment and let me know. If you'd like to read the full
00:01:11.280 article, you can visit junonews.com.