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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KARE/CNN) – The anguish of a grieving mother is reaching a community, a statehouse, and Capitol Hill. Katie and Aubrey Wright, the parents of Daunte Wright, were moved by words spoken at their son’s funeral Thursday in a Minneapolis church. The 20-year-old was shot and killed by a now-former Brooklyn Center Police Officer during a traffic stop 11 days ago. The fatal police shooting happened against the backdrop of the Derek Chauvin trial in the murder of George Floyd, fanning the flames of protest in the Twin Cities area, now a hotbed of racially charged police shootin...
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 the...
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 the...
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: In Minnesota, mourners gathered Thursday for the funeral of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black father who was shot dead by a white police officer during a traffic stop in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center. Daunte’s mother, Katie Wright, fought back tears as she remembered her son. KATIE WRIGHT: I never imagined that I’d be standing here. The roles should completely be reversed: My son should be burying me. My son had a smile that was worth a million dollars. When he walked in the room, he lit up the room. H...