Will James
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first heard Sep 2026
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Why they set up the barricade and used crowd control weapons on protesters there.
Why they walked away from the precinct.
The department declined to answer our questions.
The day after Bloody Sunday, Rashila Leavitt, one of the new protest leaders, notices something feels off outside the East Precinct.
But by that evening, it's clear something is happening.
At first, for protesters and even some residents of the neighborhood, this is a relief.
No more tear gas every night.
But now the question is, what are the protesters going to do?
This was the beginning of a protest encampment that would come to be known as the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest.
Chopped.
When we look back now at all these decisions in that first week of protest...
police deciding to block off the road and then use crowd control weapons, police leaving their precinct, and then protesters deciding to form an occupation, it's hard not to wonder what would have happened if even one of those decisions had been different.
What were your feelings about occupying
spots?
That it was
If you want to look at evidence from this episode, like the letter Antonio wrote for his dad, visit NPR.org slash CHOP.
This episode was edited by Luis Trejas and Laura Grenias with support from Katie Simon.
Additional reporting by Omari Salisbury, who contributed his recordings to this project, along with the live streamer Joey Weiser.
Research and fact-checking by Dania Solomon and Miyoko Wolfe.
Music by Audio Network, Audio Socket, Mike Dottie, Sound Ideas, Ramteen Arablui, and Universal Music Production.
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