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

One year ago, Congress eliminated over $1,000,000,000 in funding for public media, yet We, The People, haven't backed down. When you donate to the independent nonprofits that make up the NPR network, we hold the powerful to account together. It's the kind of journalism democracy requires that we, the public, must protect. Join the community of people who power this work at donate.npr.org. Hi, Indicator listeners. Darren Woods here. Here to let you know about a new investigative series from NPR's Embedded podcast. It digs into the unsolved killing of a black teenager at a Black Lives Matter protest. Who's responsible for the shooting? And how did an idealistic protest occupation turn into a circle of silence? In their search for answers, the reporters tracked down key eyewitnesses and surfaced crucial evidence that's never been made public. Here's the trailer. Back in 2020, 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 100 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. I want my world to change. I want my world to change. Get evolved into this community. They called it CHOP. That Capitol Hill organized protest. A place with no police. It was their attempt to build a better world. For a moment there, it was utopia. But protesters feared an attack from right wing activists. Taking my group down around city hall to monitor the group of the Proud Boys. Some protesters appointed themselves CHOPS security, began walking around in tactical gear, carrying guns. I'm not very familiar with firearms. AR 50. That's an AR 50. AR 50. And then one night, a jeep drove into the camp. Shots are fired. Shots are fired. Yeah. Shots are fired. Protesters thought they were under attack and shot at the Jeep. Move out of the way. Move out of the way. Move out of the way. Move out of the way. After the shooting ended, one of the Jeep's passengers was dead, 16 year old Antonio Mays junior. 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 had my son back, I wouldn't teach my son black history because I wanna have him back right now. That's meant to end 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. I'm Will James. And I'm Sydney Brownstone. For more than a year, we've been investigating what happened that night, sifting through rumors. He put in work for the streets, I guess. That's what they …