‘We Keep Us Safe’ — NPR podcast series investigates deadly shooting that ended CHOP

NPR's award-winning audio documentary podcast Embedded is partnering with The Seattle Times and KUOW to launch We Keep Us Safe, a new series investigating the unsolved homicide of Antonio Mays Jr. The 16-year-old Black teenager was shot and killed inside Seattle's CHOP.

lol Scott Pelley and the old guard at 60 Minutes eat people like this alive for breakfast.

A story in three words: Big Tech won. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Callers to Washington state’s driver’s license agency who select automated service in Spanish are instead hearing an AI voice speaking English with a strong Spanish accent.

Now give the student who turned down this job a column to talk about why. I bet it’s good.

Jurors ruled that the City of Seattle must pay $30.5 million to the father and estate of Antonio Mays Jr., the 16-year-old reportedly slain by "CHOP security" in 2020 during the Seattle racial justice protests. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

"Be petty and incredibly annoying with authority." Yes yes yes yes yes yes

Here’s a gift link to this stunner Washpost story, quoting the 60 Minutes correspondent on the CECOT story, who accuses Bari Weiss of spiking the piece all because the Trump Administration wouldn’t comment. “Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.” wapo.st/3YL4T3D

My colleagues and I have interviewed dozens of people about the death of 16-year-old Antonio Mays Jr., reportedly shot by CHOP security. Themes we often hear: He was up to no good. Security was protecting us. Here’s a video of Mays 3 days before his death. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Years ago, my colleagues at Business Insider and I tracked YouTuber “cancellation” arcs. What we found is that for many entertainers, “cancellation” actually sets the stage for a redemption arc, one that can raise their profile higher than ever. It wasn’t career-ending. It was fuel.

"Some people in the industry don't think ethics and rules apply to them—due to their desire for power and influence, pursuit of ‘friendship’ with sources, or a combination of some or all of those things." - @karenho.bsky.social. www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...

The Seattle Police Department's chief operating officer, Brian Maxey, and chief legal officer, Becca Boatright, were both sacked this morning. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

What began in the 1990s as a modest incentive meant to foster economic development in a nascent field became a billion-dollar windfall of questionable effectiveness.

Dozens of people were present at the killing of Antonio Mays Jr. at CHOP. Several people witnessed it. Someone knows who the shooters were. Talk to us. st.news/chopsurvey

5 yrs after a Black teen was killed at CHOP, city officials + some protesters say he was firing a gun before he was shot. There’s no evidence of that in videos we’ve reviewed, including those filed by city to defend itself in a lawsuit from the boy’s father. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

This is Panther, and he is the goodest boy at the King County Superior Court Clerk’s Office.

Whoa: Former Republican State Senator Joe Fain Is a Candidate for KUOW’s Board KUOW, Seattle’s NPR station, reported on rape allegations against him in 2018

At 35 years old I have learned that "sub" is short for "submarine sandwich." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...

ATTN CAPITOL HILL! Blewett, famous porch sitter of 14th (you’ll often see him with his brother Snoqualmie), is missing. Check your basements and laundry rooms, where he has been known to frequent!

JUST IN: Judge restrains LAPD from using nonlethal munitions against journalists, detaining or assaulting journalists covering protests or restricting their movements under most circumstances.. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This week is the five-year anniversary of the unsolved, fatal shooting that ended CHOP. We have an update on details of the case - including potential evidence police may have lost - and are continuing to talk to people about what they know or remember. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Thank you @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social @isabellabreda.bsky.social & Lynda Mapes for capturing the story of one of the most inspiring scientists and human beings I know. @noaa.gov and all of us have lost. The dreams Trump is taking away from so many - those are the ones that made America great.

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

Unbelievably proud to have collaborated with these two, who just won the nation's top honor for young journalists for their work on Lost Patients. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

I am a deeply anxious flyer. The last time I was at an airport I had a panic attack and threw up. No joke, watching “The Rehearsal” has made me feel so much better about flying — especially knowing a lot of pilots have probably watched it too.

Pete Hegseth’s Defense Department tried to bar a CNN journalist from serving as a pool reporter for an upcoming foreign trip. Other reporters threatened to boycott the trip. Guess what happened next. The Pentagon caved. Via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social www.status.news/p/pete-hegse...

tired: people AI-generating rando images of themselves as anime WIRED: AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, new analysis has found

HONORED to receive this recognition with the fabulous @esmyjimenez.bsky.social!!!

“Lost Patients” has been nominated for a Peabody alongside Embedded, The New Yorker, Serial and more. Couldn’t be prouder to be part of this with @willjames.bsky.social and @esmyjimenez.bsky.social, amazing humans and journalists. peabodyawards.com/stories/nomi... @peabodyawards.bsky.social

A proposal in the Legislature to bring Washington’s local jails under state oversight was designed partly to protect people like Hien Trung Hua, one of dozens who have lost their lives in city and county lockups in recent years. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Union members gathered outside the Northwest ICE Processing Center to call for the release of two Washington residents who were detained this month.

ICE takes farmworker organizer who has been in WA since he was 14, reports @sydbrownstone.bsky.social

Comment on the ICE arrest of Lelo Juarez, union farmworker organizer, from @murray.senate.gov: "I don’t care what Trump promised on the campaign trail— when it comes to immigration enforcement or anything else, he’s going to need to follow the letter of the law." www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Listen to @sydbrownstone.bsky.social and David Gutman explain why we're reporting on the fatal shooting of Antonio Mays Jr. and what we want to learn about Seattle's CHOP protest zone five years later: www.kuow.org/stories/5-ye...

WA Gov. Ferguson aide resigned amid toxic workplace complaints, lawmakers say- State Sen. Yasmin Trudeau, D-Tacoma, says she tried to warn Ferguson’s office about the way the governor’s chief strategy officer & longtime key political aide, treated women. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Five years later, we’re working to tell the accurate story of CHOP, a chapter of Seattle’s history that lingers in the national consciousness today. That includes investigating the unsolved killing of Antonio Mays Jr. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

It’s been five years since 16-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. was shot to death at CHOP. There are still no answers from police. Do you know what happened? [email protected] Reach out or DM for Signal. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Speaking to Downtown Business Group, Harrell Calls Musk, Thiel, and Other Trump Tech Advisors "Some of the Smartest Innovators Around" publicola.com/2025/02/27/s...

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This @dbeekman.bsky.social story captures life and politics in Sunnyside and Granger, where the economy runs almost entirely on farmworkers and people are constantly looking over their shoulders for ICE. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

The South Seattle Emerald welcomes Florangela Davila as its new Executive Director, succeeding Michael McPhearson. A longtime journalist and newsroom leader, she brings a deep commitment to community storytelling and equity. Read more here: https://soseaem.org/4hFjmFZ #SeattleNews

NEW: The #waleg could tweak a law that outlines harsh punishments for assaults on health care workers, creating a specific carve-out for patients with severe mental illness. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... via @sydbrownstone.bsky.social

A bit of context: Judge Coughenour didn't do this because he is rabidly anti-Trump or a progressive activist Judge. This is how he reacts whenever his BS detector goes off, in all kinds of cases. He's like this when he judges law school moot court competitions!

Native American drivers 5x more likely to be searched by WA State Patrol- Though disparities have decreased for other races compared to white counterparts, rates have continued to rise for Indigenous motorists since 2020. www.cascadepbs.org/indigenous-a...

Awful.

They know they're in the journalism industry right? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/b...

I’m so grateful for Will’s series about mental illness & the chance to share share my experiences as a public defender. Many thanks to Will, @sydbrownstone.bsky.social, & @esmyjimenez.bsky.social for the love they put into it & the compassion they showed for the folks at the heart of these stories.