When I set on to make this video I originally wanted to do a short narrative simply about the day itself. Thinking that no one outside of the people involved would ever see it I started to write out a script. The concept quickly changed and it moved far beyond trying to simply document what happened but also why. I put myself in the viewer’s shoes, thought about what I would need to see to give me an overview about why this day happened. A video that was supposed to be around 3 minutes long grew to 8 minutes and 1 second exactly and even then I had to eventually stop adding content because things were changing so quickly. If I kept editing it to reflect the absolute latest development it would never get done.

I hope you all enjoy the video and please distribute it widely! Things won’t change unless we do it ourselves.

Links to sources:

Creative Space Coalition: http://creativesf.org

Stop the War on Fun: http://stopthewaronfun.org

California Music and Culture Association: http://cmacsf.org

Noisebridge: https://www.noisebridge.net

The Mayor of San Francisco: http://sfmayor.gov

San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors: http://sfbos.org

EFF article on confiscated laptops: http://tinyurl.com/ctmd-eff

SF Weekly on raids: http://tinyurl.com/ctmd-sfwkly-laptops

SF Guardian on raids http://tinyurl.com/ctmd-sfguard-laptops

SF Weekly on the War on Fun: http://tinyurl.com/ctmd-sfguard-wof

SF Guardian on the War on Fun: http://tinyurl.com/ctmd-sfwkly-wof

DNA Lounge on loitering: http://tinyurl.com/ctmd-dna

SF Appeal on Call the Mayor Day: http://tinyurl.com/ctmd-sfappeal

SF Weekly on Bertrand: http://tinyurl.com/ctmd-sfwkly-bertrand

California ABC: http://www.abc.ca.gov