On September 14th, 13 year-old Tyre King was shot and killed in the street by Columbus police. Police say Tyre had a BB gun.
If that sounds familiar, it’s because Tyre is the third young Black person in recent memory to be killed by police in Ohio—an open carry state—while in possession of a toy gun. In 2014, John Crawford III was shot and killed by police in a Dayton-area Walmart after picking up a toy gun off a shelf. Three months later, Tamir Rice was gunned down by Cleveland police while playing with his BB gun in a park.
We’re asking everyone who is angry, everyone who is heartbroken, everyone who believes in justice for Ty’re and everyone who agrees we need to fund prevention and programs over police and prisons to join us in taking a #KneeForTyre.