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The family of police shooting victim Akai Gurley had a message on Friday for the Rev. Al Sharpton: Keep your circus away from his funeral!

The blowhard opportunist muscled his way into the arrangements and even put out press releases promising he would deliver the eulogy without ever consulting the family or offering to foot the bill.

But Gurleys relatives told Sharpton to stay away, rather than turn the somber ceremonies into a spectacle.

Its been a nightmare, Gurleys aunt, Hertencia Petersen, told The Post. He just wants to take credit for this when hes never even contacted my sister [Gurleys mother].

Who made you the spokesperson of our family? We just want to bury our nephew with dignity and respect.

Petersen was stunned that Sharpton and his National Action Network billed him as the eulogist for a Friday funeral, when they were planning on a Saturday service and wanted a speaker who actually knew the victim.

How can you do a eulogy for someone you don`t even know? Its heartbreaking, she said.

By late Friday, Sharpton finally accepted the rare defeat though he blamed it on confusion and division within the Gurley family.

Akai GurleyPhoto: Facebook

He said he will not attend Saturdays 11 a.m. service at Brown Memorial Baptist Church in Brooklyn and even backed off the Friday wake.

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Cop shoot victims family: Stay away Sharpton!