My son should be burying me : Daunte Wright s grieving mother is overcome by grief as she pays tribute to her son at Minneapolis temple guarded by armed militia before casket is laid to rest at nearby cemetery
Funeral for Daunte Wright, 20, shot by a white police officer in a Minneapolis suburb on April 11 after a routine traffic stop, was attended by a number of high-profile civil rights activists as well as family and friends
Katie Wright broke down in tears as she paid tribute to her son, noting how he had died before his time My son should be burying me, she told mourners as Aubrey Wright comforted his wife at the pulpit
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Mourners are gathering Thursday in Minneapolis for the funeral of Daunte Wright, just two days after a jury there convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of murdering George Floyd.
Wright is the 20-year-old Black man shot and killed by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minn., during a traffic stop earlier this month. Officials characterized the shooting as accidental, saying the officer, Kim Potter, meant to use her Taser on Wright but mistakenly drew her handgun instead.
Body camera footage of the incident, released by Brooklyn Center officials the day after the shooting, showed Potter shouting Taser, Taser, Taser! just before she fires her handgun. She resigned from her position and has since been charged with second-degree manslaughter.
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The Floyd case sparked protests in cities worldwide against police brutality.
Bryant, 41, a gas station assistant manager from Hudson, Wis., credited protesters with supporting the family, especially her sister Katie Wright, Daunte Wright’s mother.
“They’ve been by Katie’s side this whole time. That means a lot to us,” Bryant said after attending Wright’s viewing Wednesday. “I felt safe coming in here.”
But she added, “I’ve never been to a funeral with AR-15s.”
Bryant and other relatives wore T-shirts bearing a photo of Wright and his namesake 1-year-old son that read, “Justice for Daunte.”
“We want justice, for [Potter] to be held accountable,” said Bryant’s friend Christal Luellen, 40, as she stood with Bryant in the lobby of Shiloh Temple International Ministries in northern Minneapolis, where his funeral was set for noon on Thursday.
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1of23Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks during funeral services of Daunte Wright at Shiloh Temple International Ministries in Minneapolis, Thursday, April 22, 2021. Wright, 20, was fatally shot by a Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer during a traffic stop.John Minchillo/APShow MoreShow Less
2of23Rev. Al Sharpton eulogies Daunte Wright during funeral services at Shiloh Temple International Ministries in Minneapolis, Thursday, April 22, 2021. Wright, 20, was fatally shot by a Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer during a traffic stop.John Minchillo/APShow MoreShow Less
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4of23Rev. Al Sharpton eulogies Daunte Wright during funeral services at Shiloh Temple International Ministries in Minneapolis, Thursday, April 22, 2021. Wright, 20, was fatally shot by a Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer during a traffic stop.John Minchillo/APShow MoreShow Less