Casey Martin
Reporter
About
Casey Martin is a general assignment reporter who has covered everything from political protests to electric scooters. He is almost always out in the field where the news happens. Casey has reported on extremism, homelessness, politics, and Seattle’s nightlife.
He got his start in radio at KBCS Community Radio in Bellevue and is a proud graduate of the Transom Traveling Workshop on Catalina Island.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: he/him
Professional Affiliations: Shop Steward, SAG-AFTRA
Stories
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'What Summer set their mind to do, Summer did.' Family of killed protester speaks out
Summer Taylor was killed early Saturday when a person drove their car into a group of Black Lives Matter protesters on Interstate 5 near downtown Seattle. Taylor’s family says Summer was a determined, passionate supporter of the movement and want Summer to be remembered as an ally of Black lives.
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24-year-old protester Summer Taylor dies after being hit by speeding car on I-5
Two people are in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center after a Seattle man drove his car into a group of Black Lives Matter protesters on I-5 late Friday night.
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UW frat brother's advice amid Covid-19 outbreak: 'Please don't party'
Fran Dukic has some advice for University of Washington students living in fraternities and sororities: "Please don't party. You can wait. you can wait."
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A second teen is dead in CHOP shooting. ‘Enough is enough,’ says Seattle Police chief
Protesters say they are not causing the violence and that they’ll stay.
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1 teen dead, 1 wounded in shooting at Seattle's CHOP
One man is dead and another in critical condition after a shooting early Monday morning in Capitol Hill Organized Protest Zone.
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Second shooting at night contrasts with Seattle's CHOP by day
Gunfire on Seattle’s Capitol Hill left a 17-year-old youth wounded Sunday night -- the second shooting over the weekend in or near CHOP, the area that’s been a focus of protests over racial injustice.
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Dispatches from CHAZ, Seattle's new autonomous zone
For 10 nights, Seattle police faced off with protesters on Capitol Hill in Seattle. As one, cops formed a thick wall protecting the East Precinct.
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The ballad of the 8th Precinct
"You have the riot to remain heard."
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Looking back at one week of protesting in Seattle
KUOW Reporters Casey Martin and Esmy Jimenez discuss protests in Seattle that have lasted one week so far. The protests are among a range of demonstrations that have swept the country, and the globe, opposing police brutality and killings of Black people.
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Seattle police use tear gas and pepper spray on peaceful protesters
Black Lives Matter activists have been organizing protests in Seattle for multiple days since the police killing of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis. What start out as peaceful protests of racial injustice have ended with police dispersing crowds with multiple non-lethal weapons.