Tyre King died on the streets six years ago. Hope died in a courtroom yesterday.

The almost all white jury decided Officer Bryan Mason did not violate the child's civil rights by using lethal force.

Deadly encounters with the police end in courtrooms like this. Everyone goes home to live their lives and the families of the victims leave with empty hopes of justice.

Escorted from the Federal courthouse by U.S. Marshalls, the jury walked away Wednesday afternoon taking with them any hope that the City of Columbus would be held responsible for the ex…