What is Daunte Wright’s race?

What is Daunte Wright’s race?

Daunte Demetrius Wright was a 20-year-old living in Minneapolis, having recently moved there from Chicago. He was the son of a Black father and a White mother. Wright played basketball in high school, but according to his father, he dropped out due to a learning disability about two years before the shooting.

Who is Daunte Wrights dad?

“They were so tied up into her feelings that they forgot about my son being killed. This lady got a slap on the wrist and we sit around every night crying waiting for our son to come home,” said Daunte’s father Arbuey Wright.

Who is Daunte Wrights mother?

Katie Wright, the mother of Daunte Wright, said she was injured while she was briefly detained by one of the same department’s officers after she stopped to record an arrest of a person during a traffic stop. BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn.

Why did Kim Potter stop Daunte Wright?

The deadly confrontation on April 11 began when Potter, together with Anthony Luckey, a new officer she was training that day, pulled over Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, for having expired license tabs and a dangling air freshener on his rearview mirror — an infraction in Minnesota.

How much money did Dante Wright family get?

The city of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, has agreed to pay $3.25 million to the family of Daunte Wright, a Black man who was killed by police during a traffic stop last year, attorneys for his family said.

Did Daunte Wright have a son?

Daunte Wright has been remembered by friends as upbeat and gregarious, someone who loved to play basketball and was a supportive father to his son, Daunte Jr., who was a year old when Mr. Wright, 20, was killed by a police officer during a traffic stop.