Category: daunte wright

May 6, 2021 Off

Classmates of a Black 11-Year-Old Protest the Safeway That Wrongly Accused Him of Stealing

By Samir Ferdowsi

Ja’Mari Oliver was beginning his first day back to in-person learning by getting a sandwich from a nearby Safeway store,…

April 22, 2021 Off

Daunte Wright’s Funeral Was Filled With Calls to End Police Brutality

By Samir Ferdowsi

The funeral for Daunte Wright, the 20-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop,…

April 17, 2021 Off

Black Minnesotans Say They’re Terrified After Police Killed Daunte Wright

By Samir Ferdowsi

After yet another Black man was killed by police in Minnesota, people in a Minneapolis suburb took to the streets…

April 13, 2021 Off

Daunte Wright’s Mom Saw Him on FaceTime After He Was Shot by Police: ‘My Son Was Laying There’

By Emma Ockerman

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Daunte Wright’s mother said that the last…