Created: April 22, 2021 06:38 PM
It was an emotional day for the family members of Daunte Wright as they laid their loved one to rest.
Hundreds of family, friends and state and national leaders gathered to remember the 20-year-old who was shot and killed by now-former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter.
It was a funeral service that honored the life of Daunte Wright. But it was clear this funeral also had a broader message. There was reference after reference to other Black people who have died during police encounters in Minnesota, naming, among them, George Floyd.
They even talked about the historic conviction of now-former police officer Derek Chauvin.
Father Aubrey Wright (L) and mother Katie Wright (2L) give remarks alongside sister Diamond Wright (R) and the Rev. Al Sharpton during a funeral held for Daunte Wright at Shiloh Temple International Ministries on April 22, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Daunte Wright was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop for an active warrant in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, on April 11 which sparked days of protests. | Stephen Maturen/Getty Images
Katie and Aubrey Wright struggled through pain to find words inside the Shiloh Temple in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Thursday to remember the life of their late 20-year-old son, Daunte, who was shot dead by former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter less than two weeks ago.
Elected officials call for justice and reform at Daunte Wright s funeral Shannon Prather, Kim Hyatt, Katie Galioto and Matt McKinney, Star Tribune
MINNEAPOLIS Mourners including Minnesota s top political leaders filled a north Minneapolis church Thursday to honor the life of a 20-year-man killed by Brooklyn Center police, and to demand justice.
The funeral for Daunte Demetrius Wright Thursday filled the Shiloh Temple International Ministries with friends, family and others who have had loved ones killed by police including relatives of George Floyd, Philando Castile, Jamar Clark and Oscar Grant.
National civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton delivered the eulogy for the 20-year-old father, noting that some compared Wright s funeral procession to that of Prince.