
Daunte Wright's funeral makes Thursday another emotional day for a city reeling over police violence
CNN
Relatives of George Floyd and Oscar Grant -- other Black men killed in police encounters -- are expected to attend Thursday's funeral for Daunte Wright, the Black motorist fatally shot by a Minnesota police officer this month during an arrest attempt, a family attorney and Wright's aunt said hours before the service.
Civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton is due to eulogize Wright, 20, during a funeral that sets up another emotional day for a metro area scarred by several high-profile killings involving police. The service -- set to start at noon CT (1 p.m. ET) at Shiloh Temple International Ministries in Minneapolis -- comes just two days after an officer was found guilty of Floyd's murder.
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