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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Hundreds gathered to remember Daunte Wright Thursday, 11 days after the young Black man was shot by police during a traffic stop and two days after Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder in George Floyd’s death.
Hundreds of mourners filled Shiloh Temple International Ministries for the funeral of Wright, who died April 11 after a white Brooklyn Center police officer shot the 20-year-old.
Her chief said it appeared the officer mistakenly used her gun instead of her Taser.
Wright’s killing came amid increasing tension during the weekslong trial of Derek Chauvin, the white former police officer who killed Floyd.
At Daunte Wright Funeral, Minneapolis Mourns the âPrince of Brooklyn Centerâ
The Rev. Al Sharpton delivered the eulogy for Mr. Wright, the 20-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minn., last week.
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Funeral for Daunte Wright Held in Minneapolis
The family of Daunte Wright joined faith leaders, politicians and the relatives of other Black Americans killed by the police to honor his memory at a funeral service in Minneapolis on Thursday.
âDaunte Wrightâs life mattered.â âDaunte Wrightâs life mattered.â âDaunte Wrightâs life mattered.â âI never imagined that Iâd be standing here. The roles should completely be reversed â my son should be here burying me. My son had a smile that was worth a million dollars. When he walked in the room, he lit up the room. He was a brother, a jokester, he was loved by so many. Heâs going to be so missed.â âWords
Daunte Wright, the young black man shot during a traffic stop in Minneapolis, was a “prince” whose life ended too soon at the hands of the police, the Rev Al Sharpton said during an emotional funeral.
Hundreds of people wearing Covid masks packed into Shiloh Temple International Ministries to remember Mr Wright, a 20-year-old father-of-one who was shot by a police officer on April 11 in Brooklyn Centre.
The funeral was held just two days after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted in the death of George Floyd and amid a national reckoning on racism and policing.
“The absence of justice is the absence of peace,” said Mr Sharpton, who delivered a thundering eulogy.
Calls for justice at funeral for Daunte Wright
Daunte Wright’s funeral
Just days after Derek Chauvin was convicted for the murder of George Floyd, a funeral was held for Daunte Wright, the unarmed black man killed by police in a traffic stop just a few miles from where the Chauvin trial took place.
A funeral for 20-year-old Daunte Wright, the young Black man shot by an officer during a traffic stop in suburban Minneapolis, was held on Thursday.
Hundreds of people wearing COVID-19 masks packed into Shiloh Temple International Ministries to remember Wright, a 20-year-old father of one who was shot by a white police officer on April 11 in the small city of Brooklyn Center. The funeral was held just two days after former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted in the death of George Floyd and amid a national reckoning on racism and policing.