An interesting element of the situation, the judge said, was the fact that two out-of-town men who aren’t aboriginal were protesting in support of native issues — only to injure two aboriginal men — the police officers — in the process.[more]
For his part, VanHooser claimed his mother was a Mohawk and he had a Dutch father, while Kloestra said he was in a relationship with an aboriginal woman.
Given the pair’s lengthy criminal history, Burgess said both require “a significant penalty” for their actions.
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