Miles from where the trial of Derek Chauvin was taking place. Police say in an attempt to make an arrest, a veteran officer pulled out her gun instead of her taser and fired it, killing wright. At least two other africanamericans died in Police Shootings this week, one in north carolina, another, a teenage girl in ohio. At the funeral today, members of Daunte Wrights family, Reverend Al Sharpton, minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar will speak. Cnns Adrienne Broaddus is there outside of that church of we know thats just a short list of elected officials who are there. Tell us about what is happening today and how they will remember this young man. Reporter Friends And Family are remembering Daunte Wright as someone who had a big smile, a smile that was brighter than the sun, that shines here today. Inside right now theres a visual artist painting a picture of daunte. Its a Black And White photo, and he just completed that painting, but while he was painting, there was a Trumpet Player Playing A Sweet Rendition of hymns, including Amazing Grace and Lift Every Voice And Sing sing the song selection is unique. Amazing grace was the song the late civil rights icon Martin Luther king jr. Asked Mahalia Jackson to sing to him when he was troubled, when he knew he had a big push to do on the other side of whatever was going on. Earlier, before that happened, we heard from a local pastor, carmen, and she not only comforted the family with her prayer, but she encouraged people in the audience. She told them, this is not a movement for right now. This is a movement for our children and our childrens children. She also said the god they serve delivered justice this week, and of course, she was talking about the verdict that led to celebration in the streets of minneapolis, the verdict, all guilty for Derek Chauvin, who ended the life of george floyd. Speaking of george floyd, members of the floyd family are also inside. The Wright Family is now part of this club. No one wants to join. Earlier, we heard from Daunte Wrights sister. Shes been the rock of this family, and she said, you guys see our pain, but you dont feel the pain. Someone else who understands that pain is the funeral director, tracy wesley. This is not the first funeral hes had to help families arrange when they were killed at the hands of police. Reverend al sharpton, as you mentioned, will eulogize the family and the little boy that Daunte Wright leaves behind is inside with the family, wearing a white suit. Alisyn and victor . 2yearold Daunte Wright jr. We will hear from Daunte Wrights parents in just a moment. Adrienne broaddus, thank you so much. Well bring you more from the funeral shortly but now lets bring in cnn Law Enforcement analyst charles ramsey, he ran Police Forces in philadelphia and washington, d. C. Also here, cnn political commentator errol lewis, host of the you decide podcast. Errol, adrienne mentioned that inside the sanctuary, members of George Floyds family, and i remember during floyds funeral, President Biden, he said, when there is justice for george floyd, we will truly be on our way to racial justice. Well, there is now another funeral for a young black man, unarmed, killed at the hands of police. For a lot of people, it doesnt feel like were on that road. Very true. Look, the pain and the grief for this family and this community is unimaginable for those of us who are not there, but it does have an echo of a painful reminder that these kind of cases, weve just seen over and over and over again. I mean, to the extent that you look around the country and you see that something that almost looks like a carbon copy of this case has happened all over the place. You know, in tennessee, and in new york, and in california, in the south and the north and the midwest. It makes clear that this was an inflection point, that what happened to george floyd and the conclusion of the trial this week is simply a chapter in a longrunning story. We, of course, have the power to rewrite that story, but its a very painful one, and its going to have more chapters like the one we are witnessing today. Weve got to get control of this. There are reforms that need to happen on the outside from the outside to make Police Departments accountable. There are reforms that have to happen on the inside and then theres the transformation of society that needs to happen so that these innocuous encounters dont spiral Out Of Control and lead to the kind of pain that were going to witness today, victor. Chief, Daunte Wright was pulled over, according to police, for expired plates. And really, a few minutes later, he was dead. And you know, there are theres already talk of how is there a way to do Something Different than that . I mean, the mayor of berkeley, california, today, and i understand thats different than minneapolis, but theyre talking about doing away with these sort of Minor Traffic stops with armed Police Handling them. No longer pulling somebody over for having an Air Freshener hanging from their Rear View Mirror or, you know, again, expired plates, any a broken taillight. Sometimes theyre called pretext stops where if you have a broken taillight, you must be up to something, and then police go investigating. But what do you think about rethinking the way we do those kinds of traffic stops in . Well, i mean, if elected officials want to do that, then they certainly have the authority to do it. If they dont want Police Making Traffic stops for lesser offenses, and they would have to define what those are, then they should pass the legislation or put something in place to make sure that that no longer happens. I personally dont have a particular problem with that. Let me as far as the wright case goes, there were so many errors there and so many tactical things that were done wrong. Thats shooting, by the way, its not justified and to me, its inexcusable. That it even took place. But there were things that they were just sloppy policework. I mean, they ran his name, they got a warrant, they know who he is, they know where he lives, there was no urgency to try to take him into custody. Once they did get him out of car, there was a reason why police walk suspects to the back of the car. Its to keep them from jumping back in the car in order to try to drive off. So, you have them turn off the engine, get out, walk to the back and so forth. They didnt do that. Hes right next to the drivers door, which is open. And then, of course, you have the one officer come in and she claims she, you know, thought she was drawing her taser as opposed to a firearm, and of course, a tasers on the opposite side of the body. And so, you know, thats just not a justifiable shooting. Whether or not in the future police ought to be making traffic stops from, quote, unquote, minor violations, thats something that elected officials could certainly pass legislation or, you know, put something in place that would eliminate that. Take a look into the sanctuary there. We just saw members of George Floyds family walk in and on the at the pulpit there, you see and hear ben crump, who represents both of those families. Chief, back to you. You cochaired President Obamas task force on 21st century policing. And as we broaden the conversation into policing and what needs to change, you know, one of the recommendations was that the Police Departments look more like the communities they serve. You know, i had a guest on yesterday who said that one of the central questions that Police Forces must face is fear of black men and boys. Black women and girls as well. What the mayor of Brooklyn Center told us the day after the shooting was, hes not aware that a Single Member of the 49member police force lives in Brooklyn Center. I mean, how is that sustainable . Well, there are a lot of jurisdictions that dont have a residency requirement, and some of it is based on contracts with the union, which, by the way, the city agrees to, and so you know, i came up in the Chicago Police department where there was and continues to be residency, and i personally think residency is good. But i also think that whats more important than where you live is how you treat and interact with people. Just because you live in a community, doesnt necessarily mean that youre going to treat those Community Members respectfully, nor does it mean if you dont that you will somehow not treat people with the kind of respect that theyre entitled to. So its the quality of the policing thats really the issue, and again, i came up in chicago. I grew up on the south side of chicago. My first assignment was the west side of chicago. I had to go out and buy a street map to find my way around, so some of these cities are pretty large and you can grow up in one part of the city and really not be that familiar with another, because theyre quite different. And so you have to consider all these things, but diversity is key. I think diversity is important. And i think we should always strive to have a department that reflects the community that it serves, both racially, ethnically, genderwise, and what have you. Errol, as were watching the funeral of Daunte Wright on the other side of the screen, were seeing, i think, ben crump speaking now. Weve seen Keith Ellison there. Lots of recognizable faces and including, as we said, George Floyds family and George Floyds girlfriend. Okay, courtney ross, who youll remember spoke so eloquently on the witness stand. She knew Daunte Wright. When i heard that, this is how common place, in some lives, violence and death of loved ones is. She had worked at a school and Daunte Wright was a student there, and she knew him. And she was always George Floyds girlfriend. So she was invited as a guest. This isnt just sort of some public showing of solidarity. She knew the family and was invited to this funeral also. I mean, it just drives home the loss in some of these communities that have to deal with this all the time. It drives home how few degrees of separation there are between these communities and these families. And makes clear that this is this needs to be a national priority. You know, if you dont personally know the people involved, ask a couple of questions and youll find out you do know somebody who does know them. That is, in fact, true. Its not going to be that hard to find. Gwen carr, the mother of eric garner, who was killed in on the streets of new york in 2014 in a startlingly similar case where he was gasping over and over again, i cant breathe, shes been in touch with this family. Theyre connected, i believe, through their lawyers and some of the activists, so much so that you may remember, alisyn, at one of the recent democratic conventions, they had mothers of the movement. There are a whole bunch of women whose sons died under these kinds of circumstances and it gave birth to a sort of subset of the civil rights movement. Thats how widespread it is. Thats how serious it is. Thats how much we seriously need to get to the heart of this and root out whatever it is, whether its bad policing, whether its implicit bias, whether its Overall Societal decisions that have to be made about when and where and how we use these armed officers around the country. That conversation is well under way, and it cant happen soon enough. Yeah, we, again, you see on your screen, on the right of the screen, thats Attorney Ben Crump speaking at the funeral of Daunte Wright. We expect to hear soon from dauntes parents, aubrey and katie wright. We will bring those remarks to you live as they mourn their 20yearold son who was killed by Police Officers just a few days ago. Chief ramsey, errol louis, thank you both. Well take a quick break and continue our special live coverage in just a moment. Gillette proglide. Five blades and a Pivoting Flexball designed to get virtually every hair on the first stroke. So youre ready for the day with a fresh face for a fresh start. For a limited time get a 5th Cartridge free. A few months with the ww app and im down 20 pounds. You want to see how i do it . Itll blow your mind. Strong start on my activity points today so i dont have to skip any rope and i dont have to skip any meals, which is great, because i hate doing both. Still think about pizza, ding and i still get to eat it too. 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Each one, of course, a different circumstance, but they all share that in the aftermath, they leaf americans wondering, what, if anything, could have been done differently, including the case in columbus, ohio, where an officer shot and killed a 16yearold black girl after arriving at the scene of an argument, Columbus Police body cam shows Makhia Bryant lunged at another girl with a knife. So today, that teenagers family is speaking out. Cnn National Correspondent Jason Carroll is live for us in columbus. So, jason, you spoke to the young womans mother. What did she just tell you . Reporter paula bryant, shes heartbroken, absolutely devastated. She also found the strength to sit down with us. She wanted to make sure that this narrative Going Forward was not just about her daughter being involved in this altercation. She wanted people to know that her daughter had a big personality, a bright smile, and she wanted to let people know about the pain that she is now suffering now that she has to live without her. My heart is broken. My heart is really broken right now because i miss my baby, to be honest. I miss her already. And its really hard. I mean, i havent eaten. And i cant eat because i miss my baby. I had a beautiful baby. She was taken from me. She was taken from me. I want the world to know that makhia was beautiful. She was humble. She loved to look after people. Reporter you can see shes still in a lot of pain and she says shes going to continue to just lean on family and friends to try to get through all of this. The family, alisyn, made it clear that they did not want to comment on the specifics involving that altercation. As you know, the officer involved in that shooting has been taken off the streets, pending the outcome of the independent investigation, the a. G. s office is also conducting a criminal investigation, and there have been a lot of questions about the use of force. Police have made it very clear that according to their policy, a Police Officer can use deadly force if that officer is trying to stop an assault from taking place. Of course, that will be all part of the investigation Going Forward, but again, the Bryant Family saying they do not want to talk about this altercation, and specifically, when asked privately about police accountability, bryants mother simply said shes going to leave it in gods hands. Alisyn . Jason carroll, thank you. Thank you very much for all that reporting. Just in to cnn, the senate has voted on a bill aimed at addressing the rise in hate crimes against asianamericans. The bill denounces discrimination against asianamerican communities in the u. S. And would create a new Justice Department position to expedite reviews of potential pandemicrelated hate crimes. Lets bring in now cnn chief Congressional Correspondent manu raju on capitol hill. Tell us more about this bill. Reporter yeah, 941 was the vote. The only person voting against this was Republican Josh Hawley of missouri. This bill, broad this bill would is designed to combat the rise in violence against asianamericans that has occurred amid the coronavirus pandemic. What this bill would do is essentially expedite reviews on the federal level of potential hate crimes as well as provide new guidance about how to deal with these Going Forward, both bolstered reporting channels to ensure that when these crimes do occur, they are reported accordingly. This came as a result of negotiations that happened on both sides, concerns of amid the initial draft of this bill was that any hate crime related to covid19 must be reported. It was ultimately changed to just asianamericans in general, if theyre targeted for hate crimes, this would be essentially moved forward through the appropriate channels in the department of justice. That was enough to get support from both sides of the aisle, but that one senator who i did mention, josh hawley, who opposed this, he did tell our colleague, ted barrett, earlier this week about why he opposed this bill. He said it created, in his view, a broad he said hes concerned it creates a broad, hugely openended mandate, but thats not how 94 senators felt. Manu, let me interrupt you here. These are the parents of Daunte Wright, aubrey and katie wright speaking at his funeral. My son. I never imagined that i would 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. He was a brother, a jokester, he was loved by so many. Hes going to be so missed. Take your time, katie. I mean, i dont really speak much, but words cant even explain how i feel right now. You know, that was my son. Man. [ applause ] i remember when daunte first became a father. His son was born at 28 weeks along, so he was premature and the joy that junior brought to dauntes life was truly amazing. He was so happy and so proud, and he always said he couldnt wait to make his son proud. And he was just junior was the joy of his life. And he lived for him every single day. And now hes not going to be able to see him. God bless you. God bless you. Thank you so much. Now, as Reverend Al Has listening there to Daunte Wrights parents. Daunte wright was only 20 years old. His parents, obviously, emotional and overcome and struggling with how to remember their son in front of everyone, and they talked about how he himself was a father. I didnt know that his son was born prematurely at 28 weeks and how proud it had made him. It was gutwrenching. Two years old. Daunte wright, jr. , and now these grandparents will have to raise that grandchild. You think about the families weve watched, now the Wright Family after the floyd family, after the castile family and the list of names goes on and on. Breonna taylor. And these families are thrust into this position on an international stage, and the pain that they are going through, not just in the spotlight, in the public eye, but having lost someone in this way, the tragedy as his father said, unspeakable for these families. You make such a good point. They publicly have to Say Something and have wisdom at the moment and obviously if floyd family set that at a very high bar and then theres all the personal stories. I was struck by the Funeral Program that the family put out and there are all sorts of moments in here from his six siblings that anybody with siblings or kids will recognize. I mean, his sister was saying, hey, big brother, im sorry this happened to you. I promise to hold the family down and make sure we are all okay. I mean, this is someone whos younger than 20 years old, having to say this. And of course she, you know, embeds it with jokes. She says, i wish you were still here taking all my clothes and us fighting about it. I wish you were still here to use all my body wash because you said if you smell like a girl, youll attract the girls. Yeah. I mean, thats how young they are. You look at the pictures of Daunte Wright. These are pictures with his middle school friends, his high school friends. These are sports trophies, because he was only 20 years old. I think these are his siblings now. Speaking about their life with their brother and obviously its impossible to figure out what to say when your 20yearold brother is killed like this. Dallas, marcus, monica, diamond, and destiny, all sybi siblings of Daunte Wright. He was going to make an amazing President Biden made an historic pledge today at the white house virtual climate summit. The United States sets out on the road to cut Greenhouse Gases in half, in half, by the end of this decade. Thats where were headed as a nation, and thats what we can do if we take action to build an economy thats not only more prosperous but healthier, fairer, and cleaner for the entire planet. This is a really ambitious plan and as this crisis deepens, the Biden Administration looks to reposition itself as a leader on climate change. Cnn chief White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins and cnns Chief Climate Correspondent bill weir are with us now. Kaitlan, first to you. What is President Bidens primary goal for, first, the summit . Reporter well, this is a summit thats really kind of the first of its kind. Its all being held virtually so youre seeing different leaders beam in to talk about what their goals are so what youre seeing with that new goal that was set by President Biden this morning is they also want to set the tone for other nations and they want to be just as ambitious with those plans. They dont want them to commit and not follow through or not continue to build on that. But the thing that theyve struggled with, with that, is of course the u. S. Is the one that kind of lacked on its commitment or not kind of, it did lack on its commitment over the last four years with donald trump in office because, of course, he often took reverse policies or took complete opposite actions compared to what you saw the Obama Administration commit itself to so i think that is part of what youre seeing with this today is not just setting this new goal for the United States but also trying to reassert that, yes, you can trust the United States to meet this goal, because, of course, that is something that President Bidens own aides have said theyve struggled with. Hey, bill, the devil is in the details. How is the u. S. Going to cut its emissions by 50 in about a decade . Reporter that is the multitrillion dollar question, and the Biden Administration, been scant on details when it comes to this. Theyre going to roll them out eventually but plenty of think tanks and economists and Environmental Defense funds have laid out their plans, and you basically start with the power sector, how we power our homes and businesses is a big chunk and then transportation is the other big chunk. Those account for more than half of it. So they say you go after power first so youre not filling up your new electric car with coal power, something thats clean and renewable, and that would mean new regulations, grid operators, but of course President Obama tried to come up with a Clean Power Plan back in 2016. The Supreme Court held that up. And rules that, you know, govern these big chunks of the economy are slow by design, so how quickly he can get these things done is just as important as how vast it is. But i mean, bill, youre steeped in this. Do you think its realistic . Reporter look, its realistic in that we have the technology. There are plenty of amazing ideas out there. And the way that the world came together to come up with a number of vaccines for covid when everybody was rowing in the same direction, thats a scientific miracle that most people take for granted. We could do the same thing here. The problem is human nature. The problem is, everything in our lives, plastics, everything transportation is tied to this hundredyearold dirty fuel system, and to, you know, roll it back and then come up with something new in such a quick amount of time, given the politics of a democracy, given the resistance that were already hearing from some members of congress, i wouldnt bet on it, but i would love to believe that its possible. Bill and kaitlan, thank you very much for all of that news on the climate front. And please join us for a Special Cnn Town Hall with u. S. Special president ial envoy john kerry and White House Climate Team members. Theyll take questions and share their plan to combat climate change. Dana bash hosts the climate crisis. 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So if you have this and want less outofpocket costs. Were going back to the temple in minneapolis. This is the Reverend Al Sharpton eulogizing daunte right. Wright. To my Brother Aubrey and sister katie, and to the whole family and to those that have sat in that seat, families that are here that have sat in that seat know better than any of us how they feel. I dont care how much settlement they may be given, you can never fill the hole in their heart that was caused for no reason. And that is why theyre here. Give those mothers, fathers, and uncles of victims that come today a big hand. [ applause ] in the tradition of the black church, we take a text and a subject and i didnt want to disrespect bishop, so i went to the book of isaiah. Yes, sir. All right. All right, rev. Today, they tell me this is grandmas birthday. Im a little older than her, so i got to wear my reading glasses. Book of isaiah, 59th chapter, 8th and the 9th verse. It says, the way of peace, they know not. And there is no judgment in their goings. Therefore, its judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us. I want to use for a subject, no justice, no peace. 1986 in a section of brooklyn called howard beach, young man named Michael Griffith was killed because they said that they didnt allow blacks in the neighborhood. Some of us went out and marched, and during the march, one brother yelled i believe his name was amawali no justice, no peace. And it became the chant of our movement. Some of us have made it popular, but it started there. But it really started in the bible. Preach, rev. Because isaiah said that those that practice injustice cannot practice peace. The absence of justice is the absence of peace. And when we say that were not talking about violence. Because there is a confusion in this country between peace and quiet. Come on, reverend. Some of us are told to shut up. And just be quiet. And you call that peace, but peace is the presence of justice. You cant tell us to shut up and suffer. We must speak up when there is an injustice. I remember, as i was riding here, and i saw someone and as i got out the car to meet the family, the ride to the church, heard a man say, ive not seen a Funeral Procession like this since prince in minneapolis. I said, well, we came to bury the prince of Brooklyn Center. [ applause ] we come from all over the country. All over. Because you hurt one of our princes. Thats right. Thats why were in this temple with purple all over, because it represents royalty. You thought he was just some kid with Air Freshener. He was a prince. And all of minneapolis has stopped today to honor the prince of Brooklyn Center. If you knew come on, reverend, now. Who we were, if you understood that we were divine divisions that god made, if you understood that his mother and father broke the racial barrier lines and raised him in an interracial home that used to be against the law, but they defied the color barriers. A black man and a white woman, they raised children to not hate nobody, and he was a prince of that raising. If you knew who he was. [ applause ] come on, rev. You have been caught with mistaken identity. You keep thinking that we are somebody were not. Come on, rev. They tell our young folks to dont go to the streets and march when marching and protesting is a way of correcting the injustice isaiah talked about. You cant go to church on sunday and read this book that we call the bible and not fight against oppression. God is not on the side of the oppressor. God is on the side of the oppressed. For every pharaoh, there was a moses. For every nebuchdnezar, there was a daniel, for every belshezar, there were three hebrew boys, for every herod, there was a jesus. We come in the tradition of what gods plans was, and when he oppress us, we must stand up. Thats why were here. Eleven months ago, we stood for george floyd. And as the trial wound down, and the jury was about to get the verdict, and the reason we got the jury we got and the verdict we got is god used a young brother, born and raised as a muslim, but believing in the same god. It dont matter how you approach god, and elected him, even after you tried to scandalize him. The Attorney General of the state of minnesota. [ applause ] god doesnt use folk without letting you test them. Everybody that god calls, he lets you baptize them in fire. They indicted Martin Luther king and only got him ready for what he did. Every time you are under attack, you just getting ready because god wouldnt test you if he wasnt going to graduate you. And he was being tested and elected so that he was prepared to take the attacks when he stood up for george floyd and is able for the first time in the history of the state of minnesota to convict a white policeman for killing a black man two Murder Convictions and one mans Slaughter Conviction god has turned the page in the state of minnesota and were never going back no more. Yes, some of us have different tactics, but all of us have the same goal. Talk about some of yall are civil rights and some of yall are street activist, we all street activists, and we all civil rights, and some of us young and some of us old. They dont discriminate us because of age. Thats why when i talk to brother brbery, i told him we will be there to do whatever he needs, because this guy, and i had obligations and had to fulfill them in new york, and i couldnt get here when i wanted and i called one of my wealthy black friends, and he said i will get you there. And some are talking about why im on a private plane. Because im that kind of guy. When george floyd was killed, tyler terry sent his private plane to bring the floyd family to minneapolis. Robert schmitt sent his plane to bring me and garners mom to minneapolis. We aint in the back of the bus no more. I would have taken a ride on the apollo if it was available. Every crisis must be answered, though, with real change. Yesterday the Attorney General garland announced a study of the practices practices in minnesota, and that is going to lead to where it goes, but now we are fighting for a federal law. Why federal law . Because if we keep having to fight state by state well never solve this. The generation before me, they boycotted in montgomery against the Segregation Laws in alabama. They boycotted the bus company, 1955, they started december 1st and for a solid year they wouldnt ride the bus. They said it was better to walk in dignity than to ride in shame, and they broke the backs of alabamas segregation. But dr. King and rosa parks said we cant stop there, we have got to have federal law, and they went their way. Then some young students, the young folk of that day, they became Freedom Riders and others did other things and it took nine years and they got the Civil Rights Act federally that made it against federal law, and congresswoman omar, to discriminate. Where we have gone from all of these abuses, from oscar grant and others all the way to castillo right here in the minneapolis area. We struggled through all of that, and we are going to now, in his name, in the name of dante, we are going to pass the George Floyd Justice in policing act as federal law. We are going to make it against the law all over this country to keep bringing us to funerals for our young princes. This is not a republican or democratic thing. Isaiah said its about justice. If you believe in justice, its time for the federal government to reflect the will of the people. You couldnt have a better picture than to have two people that cross the color line and raise children to be somebody, to stand up and embrace them. You couldnt have had a better example than the floyd family that wiped taerdears from theirs and stood up with dignity, even as they watched them smear their brother, their uncle, their father. We have always had to take the smearing, Keith Ellison, but behind every dark night, the sun will shine. I was talking to one of the relatives and i said, well, why what are they trying to justify . They said one said, well, they saw some air freshers in the back of his car. Well, air freshers is to keep the bad odors out, and where we come, were trying to get the stench of Police Brutality out of the atmosphere. Were trying to get the stench of racism out of the atmosphere. Were trying to get the stench of racial profiling out of the atmosphere. We come to minnesota as ai r fr freshners. We cant breathe your stinking air no more. I know we have to get to the cemetery, but the time has come for america to stand up and bring a new day and we dont have to explain to our children what to do with the police stop you, and it has come for a new day where we dont have to videotape when we see a badge and we know they are there to serve and protect, not treat us like we have been convicted. The time has come for police to understand they are not above the law, they are to enforce the law and if you cant live up to the badge, dont take the oath and put it on. When we put that badge on you, we expect you to act like somebody who is civilized and respectful. Some say, reverend al, police are human. Well, we knew that. Otherwise we wouldnt have sent you through training. But we assume that when you come through that you were trained, trained people dont confuse guns from tasers. Trained people dont shoot men like fernando with a child in the backseat. Trained people dont put knees on peoples necks for nine minutes and 29 seconds. Trained people dont shoot 41 times. Trained people dont shoot at a young 12yearold boy named tamir rice. You broke your training. Now were going to send you to the corner and you are getting your punishment at the corner of the newest jail that we can find. So as we celebrate this young mans life, 20 years old, not even reaching his mid20s, his mother and father are heartbroken. His siblings heartbroken. But they will be comforted knowing that because of this sacrifice that is going to change the laws of the land, children unborn is going to know his name. Governors here, Congress People here, senators here, for you, daunte, because you were the prince that made us all come together. They stopped traffic today all the way through minneapolis, folk couldnt drive nowhere because they had to say hail to the prince. They should not have done what they done. We are going to Stop Minneapolis today because a prince is on his way to his rest, and as you rest theres a resting place, theres a martyrs bench, take your seat, daunte. Tell george floyd who you are. Take your seat, daunte. Shake hands with castillo. Take your seat next to oscar grant, because theres a special place in heaven for those that shed innocent blood because god will use you to straighten out