Hundreds of mourners have attended the Minneapolis funeral of Daunte Wright, who was was killed by a police officer during a traffic stop earlier this month.
Apr 23, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Daunte Wright, the young Black man shot by an officer during a traffic stop in suburban Minneapolis, was not “just some kid with an air freshener,” but a “prince” whose life ended too soon at the hands of police, the Rev. Al Sharpton said Thursday during an emotional funeral.
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.
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.
Created: April 22, 2021 10:30 PM
There was broad call for change to policing in America as family, friends and an entire community laid Daunte Wright to rest.
The 20-year-old was shot and killed in Brooklyn Center during a traffic stop earlier this month.
Prosecutors said the officer thought she was grabbing her Taser but grabbed her gun instead. Former officer Kim Potter has been charged with second-degree manslaughter.
On Thursday, a group gathered outside of Washington County Attorney Pete Orput’s house to push for murder charges.
Civil Rights Attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong addressed him as he came out of his house, “If Daunte were your son, you would not tolerate that.”