Will James

We investigated these questions for more than a year, interviewing close to 100 people and reviewing evidence that's never been public before.

But the more we looked into this case, the more we ran into this circle of silence, from protesters themselves to the police and officials who were leading the city.

We started to see what happens when the people in charge and the people demanding change seem to decide that protecting themselves is more important than their responsibility to anyone else.

I'm Will James, a reporter at KUOW, a public radio station in Seattle.

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I'm a reporter at The Seattle Times.

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By the time we started investigating this case, a narrative about Antonio had been out there for years.

Protesters at CHOP said he was in the white Jeep attacking them, maybe even shooting, when he was killed.

We knew Antonio was 16 years old and from Southern California, and not much else, because Antonio's dad wasn't talking to reporters back when the shooting happened.

But after Antonio Sr.

filed a lawsuit, we thought there was a chance he'd open up, that he could tell us more about Antonio.

Hello, Mr. Mays.

He talked to us from his home in Southern California while he was also taking care of his kids.

Do you have questions for us before we start asking you questions?

You were there right after it happened?

Yes.

So you guys got to see the aftermath?