Fatally, the images recall the farewell ceremony to George Floyd.

The same city, Minneapolis.

The same pastor, Al Sharpton, and the same local elected officials.

And above all the same tears and the anger of families at the lives cut short by American police officers.

"Stop the sadness in this city," pleaded a man on the stage of Shiloh Temple Church in Minneapolis, before the funeral began for Daunte Wright, a young African-American killed on April 11 by a white policewoman during the 'a banal traffic control.

The building may appear modest at first glance from the outside.

But behind its gray brick walls is an amphitheater with several hundred seats, all full, and all facing a large platform.

It is there, in a shopping district of this metropolis in the north of the United States, that the funeral of Daunte Wright takes place Thursday.

The ceremony takes place just two days after the verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white police officer convicted of the murder of George Floyd in the same city last year.

"Raise your voice when there is injustice"

In the packed room, Daunte Wright's white coffin sits in front of the dais, a huge bouquet of red roses resting on it. Photos and videos of the deceased at different ages of his life are projected on either side of the platform. A gospel choir sings to shake the foundations of the church, before a trumpet player raises the whole audience, thanks to a moving solo lasting several minutes. He is applauded all over the place.

Civil rights figure Reverend Al Sharpton delivered the funeral oration, as he did for George Floyd, whose family is in the room.

“We have to raise our voices when there is an injustice,” Al Sharpton thundered during his speech.

It is the Reverend's organization, the National Action Network, which paid all of the costs associated with the funeral.

Ben Crump at Daunte Wright's funeral: "If we don't fight for our children, we can't expect nobody else to fight for our children like us. And we have to fight for our children until hell freezes over, and then we have to be prepared to fight on the ice. "

pic.twitter.com/lEgaSeA5Nt

- CBS News (@CBSNews) April 22, 2021

“Justice for Daunte Wright,” declares lawyer Ben Crump as soon as he arrives at the desk, who represents, in addition to Daunte Wright's family, that of George Floyd and other victims of police violence.

"The life of Daunte Wright counts," resumed the entire assembly at the invitation of the lawyer.

"Shit, I shot him"

The death of Daunte Wright, while the trial of Derek Chauvin was taking place at the same time, had led to several nights of protests in Brooklyn Center, where the tragedy took place.

Gathered in front of the police station of this city located about ten kilometers from Minneapolis, several hundred people had shouted their anger for seven consecutive nights.

Daunte Wright was shot while trying to get back behind the wheel to escape.

According to the authorities, the policewoman confused her service weapon with her taser.

In the footage, after yelling "Taser, Taser, Taser," Kim Potter exclaims, "Shit, I shot him.

She was charged with manslaughter and released on payment of $ 100,000 bail.

World

Death of Daunte Wright in Minneapolis: Policewoman, arrested, will be charged with manslaughter

World

Death of Daunte Wright: "Oh shit, I shot him" ... The policewoman would have confused her Taser with her pistol

  • World

  • Police violence

  • United States

  • Black Lives Matter