The Harm of Calling Daunte Wright’s Death an Accident
Giving the police the benefit of the doubt undermines the victims
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5 min readApr 15, 2021
Protesters took to the streets after hearing the news. A Brooklyn Center officer shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright. Many wondered how this could happen again. Another unarmed Black man lost his life from a police encounter. Wright died a few miles away from…