Daunte Wright funeral set for Thursday; Al Sharpton to speak
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Immediate family and the general public attend a public viewing for 20-year-old Daunte Wright on Wednesday in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Wright was shot dead by police officer Kimberly Ann Potter, who thought she was using a taser gun, during a traffic stop and attempted arrest on April 11. Photo by Jemal Countess/UPI | License Photo
The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks at a public viewing Wednesday for 20-year-old Daunte Wright at a memorial service in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Photo by Jemal Countess/UPI | License Photo
A.J. Wright stands next to his brother Daunte Wright s coffin on Wednesday during a public viewing in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Wright was shot and killed by police officer Kimberly Ann Potter during a traffic stop and attempted arrest. Photo by Jemal Countess/UPI | License Photo
Daunte Wright Funeral Sees Minneapolis Grieve Just Days After Derek Chauvin Verdict
On 4/22/21 at 7:49 AM EDT
Minneapolis will continue to mourn the death of Daunte Wright as he is laid to rest on Thursday, in the same week the city celebrated guilty verdicts handed to former police officer Derek Chauvin over the murder of George Floyd.
After being shot, he drove a short distance away before colliding with another vehicle, police said at the time. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
On Tuesday, Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter of Floyd following a closely-watched trial. The verdicts saw members of the Minneapolis community gather to celebrate in the city s streets.
He was loved by so many : Daunte Wright, 20-year-old Black dad shot by police, remembered at a funeral packed with mourners Ryan W. Miller, N dea Yancey-Bragg and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY
Hundreds mourning at Daunte Wright s public viewing, another sad day for Minneapolis
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MINNEAPOLIS – Family and friends of Daunte Wright exalted the 20-year-old Black father fatally shot during a traffic stop by a veteran Minnesota police officer at a funeral service in Minneapolis on Thursday. He was a brother, a jokester, Wright s mother, Katie, said as she fought back tears. He was loved by so many. He is going to be so missed.
Posted: Apr 22, 2021 5:25 PM ET | Last Updated: April 23
The program for the funeral services of Daunte Wright is held by a mourner at Shiloh Temple International Ministries in Minneapolis, Minn., on Thursday.(John Minchillo/The Associated Press)
Benjamin Crump, civil rights lawyer, and lawyer for the family of Daunte Wright, asked the hundreds of family, friends, politicians and spectators at a Minneapolis church to honour the 20-year-old shot by police by standing up and repeating the four words: Daunte Wright s life mattered.
Delivering Wright s eulogy, as he did almost a year ago for George Floyd, civil rights leader Al Sharpton referred to Wright as the Prince of Brooklyn Center the Minneapolis suburb Wright was from, and ultimately where he died.