- Loved ones of George Floyd, Philando Castile, and Breonna Taylor attended
Daunte Wright 'sfuneral on April 22. - Wright, 20, was fatally shot by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis, on April 11.
- Several federal, state, and local politicians were also in attendance.
The families of other Black men and women who were killed by police officers attended Daunte Wright's funeral in Minneapolis on Thursday.
Wright, 20, was fatally shot by a Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis, police officer during a traffic stop on April 11.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Wright's family, spoke in front of activists, local leaders, friends, and relatives at Shiloh Temple International Ministries in Minneapolis, as he introduced each family.
Crump said that the relatives and loved ones of George Floyd, Philando Castile, Breonna Taylor, Emmett Till, and Jamar Clark, were all in attendance. Floyd, Castile, Clark, and Wright were each killed in Minnesota.
Rev. Al Sharpton gave a eulogy at the end of the funeral service and referenced the strong support from the similarly grieving families who traveled to Wright's funeral.
"Families that are here that have sat in that seat know better than any of us how they feel," Sharpton said. "I don't care how much settlement they may be given, you can never fill the hole in their heart that was caused for no reason."
Several local, state, and federal politicians were also in attendance at Wright's funeral including Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Tina Smith, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Gov. Tim Walz, and Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliot.
Kimberly Potter, who resigned from the Brooklyn Center Police Department last week, has been charged with second-degree manslaughter in Wright's death.