Al Sharpton says Minnesota needs ‘air freshener’ for ‘stench of police brutality’

American civil rights activist Al Sharpton has told mourners at the funeral for 20-year-old Daunte Wright that they are “the air fresheners for Minnesota” looking to “get the stench of police brutality out of the atmosphere”. He continued: “We’ve come to Minnesota as air fresheners because your air is too odorous for us to breathe. We can’t breathe in your stinking air no more.” Wright was killed on 11 April by police officer Kim Potter, with the local force saying she mistook her gun for a Taser during the incident.