Investigating the Death of Antonio Mays

Back in twenty twenty A remarkable experiment took place After an intense standoff with anti police brutality protesters, police abandoned their own precinct Protesters stayed and started occupying about eight city blocks in the middle of Seattle. There's several hundred people being completely peaceful. It's like a block party They set up tents, there was free food, a mutual aid station, a stage for speeches and music. It evolved into this community. They called it chop The Capitol Hill organized prrotest place with no police It was their attempt to build a better world for a moment there It was utopia Protesters feared an attack from right wing activists Some protesters appointed themselves chop security began walking around in tactical gear, carrying guns. I'm not very familiar with fire AR sa. That's an A AR And then one night, a Jeep drove into the camp. Jassif. Chassifire, J Jif. Protesterors thought they were under attack and shot at the Jeep. the. After the shooting ended, one of the Jeep's passengers was dead sixteen year old Antonio Mayse junr. That night, protesters saw him as a threat, but his dad, who taught him what it means to be black in America, says his son was there for the cause. To be honest If it meant that I'd have my son back, I wouldn't teach my son black history because I w to have him back right now. That's me a hell with black history Six years later, the case remains unsolved And no one has been able to explain how this place built to protect black life ended up killing a black teenager Will James. And I'm Sidney Brownstone. For more than a year, we've been investigating what happened that night Sifting through rumors. He putting work for the streets, I guess. That's what they would say. That's why he got killed. Digging up new witnesses. Is someone chasing you? Oh yeah. in a car chasing? Yes, multiple cars. And uncovering never before seen evidence. See this right here? That's a long gun out of the front seat Holy shit Listen to we keep us safe An eight part series coming Thursday, june eleventh from NPR's embedded podcast The Seattle Times and KUOW NPR plus supporters get early access to every episode