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The aunt of Daunte Wright said her nephew has "connections" to George Floyd.
Wright and Floyd, both black men, died in police encounters that have spurred demonstrations calling for racial equality and law enforcement reform, but Naisha Wright revealed on Tuesday yet another tie.
She called her nephew's death in Brooklyn City, Minnesota, on Sunday a murder before pointing to her T-shirt bearing a picture of Floyd with the words "I can't breathe" covering his mouth.
"I wear this shirt, and the craziest thing is to find out today that my family has connections to this man, to this family," she said during a press conference on Tuesday. "His girlfriend was a teacher for my nephew."