M15 BREAKAWAY VIDEO

Partial log (add approx. 6 min. to all in-camera times because the camera was set incorrectly):

00:00 March begins (2:34 PM), leaving park.
00:06 City Hall's gold dome in foreground as marchers and flanking police approach.
00:13 Cops flank both sides, bark orders.
[Skipped lots of the march, which was festive and upbeat].
00:28 Blocked in at Mission St. (3:01 PM) "will not be facilitated [cheering erupts, annoucement unintelligible]...from this point onwards you will be subject to immediate arrest." Note that in general, the announcements I was able to hear referred to people at a very specific location, such as "all people gathered in the 1600 block of Mission Street."
00:53 Ordered to get off sidewalk after told to get on sidewalk. A group chooses to sit down at street's center.
01:00 Motor officer 9 chases and strikes a young man.
01:26 Multiple arrests ongoing of the group that sat-in at street's center.
01:30 CHP helicopter, one of three that were constantly above.
01:43 "LET THEM GO!"
01:54 Very difficult to see through the wall of police surrounding the arrest. Appears to be deliberate obfuscation. I protest repeatedly and attempt to ask officers of rank for permission to get closer as a legal observer. Police appear to be very animated and physical at times which concerns me greatly, but barely shows up on video from long range.
02:02 Lt. tells me I have plenty of opportunity to observe, which is absolutely false.
02:20 Arrestee hoisted into air and carried away by multiple officers.
02:35 Pain compliance to get a backpack.
02:47 Drumming at the line.
02:53 Cop video tapes me, I videotape cop.
03:06 Women chant "Whose Streets!?..." with bullhorn on sidewalk across street beside "Consumption Kills" sign.
03:10 Deputy Chief R. Bruce using radio.
03:17 Sheriff's Dept. have nazi stormtrooper-styled helmets. How do they get away with this?
03:25 The bus from freedom leaves.
03:33 Militant drumming holds the line.
03:46 "We will not be silenced" sung by two women.
03:56 Large blocks of police march through -- cheers because leaving.
04:12 Baton signal to troops (twirl for a while, then dropped and tapped, held there deliberately, raised again).
04:22 "Join us!" chanted by woman as another large block marches through.
04:46 People instantly retake the street as the police leave.
05:22 [unintelligible announcement]
05:30 "This is what democracy/anarchy looks like."
05:35 Sprint after car that struck demonstrators, police reportedly did not respond.
06:00 Motor officer 1515 refuses to deal with injury incident of motorist violence.
06:19 Second witness account: three people struck, one went flying over car.
06:45 Deputy Chief R. Bruce again, on Market St.
06:52 Bus shelter support.
06:58 Marching down Market: "We don't have Beef Fajitas!"
07:05 Suit and cell phone walking along with group.
07:09 Police are marching down the street behind the group. "Okay I'll see you in a little bit" (if you're lucky).
07:15 Found plastic cuffs.
07:20 Goose stepping demonstrator in front of bloc of police.
07:43 Cops are running.
08:03 "Stop shopping!" chanted at Powell and Market by man.
08:15 One of many tired-looking officers.
08:25 Roughly 29 motorbikes in the middle of the street.
08:33 Another "unpermitted march" announcement met with cheers from sidewalk.
08:49 Woman bystander says, "This is just so much more important than any City or any street, I can't believe they aren't letting people walk down Market.
09:02 Two women walk and bike along the curb chanting OUR STREETS.
09:12 Marching now confined to sidewalk flanked by police.
09:15 "THREE-TWO-ONE!" March runs across street in crosswalk, 1570 guns motorbike at me, police taken by surprise appear disorganized, walking troops form line to follow (some run, some walk), motorbikes race ahead.
09:53 Motorcycle officer 1570 drives onto sidewalk full of pedestrians.
10:03 Scrambling to get to wherever the motorbikes are going.
10:20 I'm reaching the point of contact between police and others. Officer 1863 strikes a pink and black flag demonstrator with baton, motorcycles are being used for crowd control against Dept. policy, running at people, up on sidewalk.
10:50 Two being arrested at side of road, one white one black. Call for witnesses.
11:11 Officer Bautista 1863 who just struck someone now threatens a demonstrator, "Step back or I'll hit you" to someone standing well on the sidewalk.
11:19 Testimony that arrestee did nothing (there were other witnesses, not included here).
11:30 Running back towards Market to see where motorcycles are going.
11:45 Radical Cheerleader Crew Chants: "...They're armed and dangerous, the big boys in blue -- Put your hands where they can see you or they're gonna shoot you! Their excuse is protection, their tool is control, [the time is now] to kick the pigs off patrol." (Not sure of last line).
12:02 LET US GO! -- Marchers are boxed in, pushed back into very tight group. As far as I could tell, all were on sidewalk to begin with, including this videographer. Quite a few journalists, bystanders, and legal observers were enclosed by police at that time.
12:32 Officer 625 breaks and rolls up pink and black flag after Deputy Chief R. Bruce orders a flag seized (not sure why or if it was the same flag).
13:01 More cheerleading sitting before police line, on sidewalk, towards corner. "You know the government just wants to control..."
13:08 A woman is taken (4:25 PM), to her surprise (shortly after first person is taken, right next to her, while she took notes). "I didn't have a choice. I'm being [arrested] for unlawful assembly..but they're the ones who blocked me in." Taken by two officers (489, 4032) but the same Sgt. Greenwood (sp?) #1822 selected each arrestee in turn in our group.
13:53 Blond woman with pink again pushed by officer (earlier knocked over, not shown here)
13:54 African american NLG legal observer with green arm band, who said she had been struck in the head by police action, is on the phone explaining that she has badge numbers but is afraid the police will take her notes from her. (4:31 PM).
14:17 Young woman arrested at 4:53 PM (many arrests not recorded due to lack of battery power). We've been standing here for over half an hour.
14:28 Cheers for us! 5:05 PM.
14:38 Strange, someone took a tool to a cop's head. To tighten the visor?
14:59 The real criminals live in washington DC!
15:00 Sped up excerpts of arrests footage.
15:10 Slowed down, man turns to give goodbye kiss (valiantly performed despite Sergeant's grip on his arm at 5:13 PM).
15:18 Just got camera back being cited out at 850 Bryant at 7:58 PM, testing it to see if it had been damaged when an officer says, "That's right it's a mass arrest -- I don't understand what the complication is" -- evidently in response to an arrestee's question.

One officer was heard saying, "Well that was easy".

One group of demonstrators sat down and remained in the street.

Despite numerous objections, police blocked our right to observe for the demonstrators' safety.

Pain compliance was used against this peaceful demonstrator to remove his backpack.

The Sheriff's Dept. evidently took prisoners into their control to bus them to the jail. How do we stand for helmets which look like Nazi stormtrooper helmets?

Freedom is slavery. War is peace. The bus to freedom is the bus from freedom.

A lot more happened, but screen captures, video editing and posting takes hecka long so these photos just focused on the first enclosure by police.