Planet Money · July 21, 2026 · 3m

New NPR Series: "We Keep Us Safe" from the Embedded podcast

Planet Money presents a trailer for the NPR Embedded series 'We Keep Us Safe,' which investigates the death of 16-year-old Antonio Mays Jr., who was shot in Seattle's Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone in 2020. Hosts Sydney Brownstone and Will James track down eyewitnesses and uncover never-before-published evidence in an eight-part investigation. The case remains unsolved and raises questions about justice and safety inside autonomous protest zones.

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The Unsolved Killing of Antonio Mays Jr. in CHOP

Planet Money features a teaser for NPR's Embedded series 'We Keep Us Safe' investigating the 2020 killing of a 16-year-old in Seattle's Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone.

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✧Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join the racial justice protests and was shot less than a week later inside the CHOP encampment.

✧The case has never been solved.

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