Embedded: "We Keep Us Safe" from NPR, KUOW and The Seattle Times
This article explores the 2020 death of sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. during the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest in Seattle. It examines the circumstances surrounding his unsolved murder during a period of intense racial justice activism.
Why it matters
The case highlights the complexities and dangers associated with civil unrest and the ongoing search for justice in high-profile protest-related deaths.
In the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join the racial justice movement of his generation. He arrived in Seattle during the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, known as CHOP. Less than a week later, he was shot and killed there. The case remains unsolved.
The reporting focuses on factual narrative and investigative storytelling without overt political editorializing.
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