Family Seeks Justice as Saskatchewan Mountie Goes to Trial for First-Degree Murder

Brett Herman thinks back fondly on his childhood, running outside his grandfather’s house in northern Saskatchewan, with his younger brother chasing behind. He describes his brother, Braden Herman, as a gentle giant who would never hurt a fly. Brett Herman says he never would have imagined that years later, his younger brother would be killed and the accused would be a veteran police officer. “I really don’t know how to deal with this,” Brett Herman says. Bernie Herman, a former Mountie, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of 26-year-old Braden Herman in 2021. The former officer and the brothers are not related....