Timberwolves honor Daunte Wright with warmup shirts, pregame moment of silence
Anthony Edwards warms up before Minnesota’s game against Brooklyn on Tuesday.
The Minnesota Timberwolves and Brooklyn Nets honored the life and memory of Daunte Wright –an unarmed Black man killed by police — before Tuesday’s matchup in Minneapolis. The teams held a moment of silence and wore warm-up shirts that read “With liberty and justice for all.”
With Liberty And Justice pic.twitter.com/zExc6MTKFU
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) April 13, 2021
With liberty and justice . pic.twitter.com/s8y9wpvqd5
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) April 13, 2021
The Timberwolves and Nets held a moment of silence pregame to honor Daunte Wright. pic.twitter.com/AvdThLbQ4W
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) April 13, 2021
The Timberwolves and Nets honor the life and memory of Daunte Wright with a moment of silence. pic.twitter.com/IfYRnBKcBR
— NBA (@NBA) April 13, 2021
The game, which was originally scheduled for Monday night, was rescheduled after the city issued a curfew in response to protests over a Minneapolis area police officer fatally shooting Wright during a traffic stop on Sunday.
Prior to the game, the Timberwolves tweeted, “We have a basketball game today. We will not be posting our usual content. Justice for Daunte Wright.”
We have a basketball game today.
We will not be posting our usual content.
Justice for Daunte Wright.
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) April 13, 2021
RIP Daunte Wright
— Josh Okogie (@CallMe_NonStop) April 12, 2021
The killing of Wright sparked protests and unrest in a city already on edge because of the current trial of Derek Chauvin, one of four police officers charged in George Floyd’s death.
