Family leads rally in Charlotte for Daunte Wright, 20-year-old killed by police officer in Minnesota Family leads rally in Charlotte for Daunte Wright, 20-year-old killed by police officer in Minnesota (Source: WBTV) By WBTV Web Staff | May 15, 2021 at 6:24 PM EDT - Updated May 15 at 9:28 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV/AP) - Daunte Wright, a biracial Black man, was shot and killed by a police officer last month just outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Sister Monica Wright, and other family members, led a rally Saturday at Romare Bearden Park in uptown Charlotte in Wrightâs honor.
Monica Wright said she lives in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and has other family members who live in the state. Wrightâs brother Marcus lives in the Charlotte area.
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.
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I know Kim Potter said the words Taser Taser Taser before she shot her gun and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright. But you will never convince me that something in that veteran cop didn t know exactly what she reached for when she pulled that gun from its holster.
Now his family is grieving, because racist police saw fit to pull him over for expired tags, saw an air freshener, attempted to arrest him for an outstanding warrant, and (as so many cops do) reflexively saw Black people as both more dangerous and more dispensable than white people.
This all happened just miles down the road from where George Floyd was murdered; while Derek Chauvin was on trial for executing him. Even in the midst of their tragedy, the Floyd family found room in their schedules and hearts to comfort the family of Daunte Wright.