The Associated Press Published A Moving Obituary For Daunte Wright, Focused On His Humanity

At this point, the police killings of Black men in the US have tended to produce a sickening cycle of familiarity, from the infrequency with which officers are held accountable to the angry protests that follow. Journalism too often perpetuates different aspects of that cycle, which can extend from a detail like the kind of photo used in conjunction with a story (a mug shot, as opposed to a family photo) to putting negative details into the public record about the victims — who are no longer alive to respond to them.