Estes Funeral Chapel and its CEO were recently fined a combined $90,000 for violations that included allowing an unlicensed assistant to prepare a body for burial.
Police killings: He s handled some of Minnesota s most high-profile deaths. Today, he s hosting Daunte Wright s funeral CNN 4 hrs ago
For three decades, Tracy Wesley has met people on life s most difficult days.
He runs Estes Funeral Chapel in Minneapolis one of only two Black-owned funeral homes in Minnesota. And he s handled some of the Twin Cities most high-profile deaths: George Floyd, Jamar Clark and now Daunte Wright.
In his line of work, Wesley says he is not bothered by people who naturally pass or transition but is troubled by police killings. Not only have you lost, you re suffering a loss that was unnecessary, he said. There needs to be change because the system is racist, he said. I am afraid it (police killings) is never going to go away.