We wrote our first statement with defensiveness towards snitch jacketing and the argument that visual media has no place at militant actions.
We took that defensiveness and projected it onto the critiques of the safety of our video, and that compounded our original mistakes.
We have retracted our original statement. We stand by many of the arguments we made, but making them at that time missed the bigger picture.
We’ve been swept up in emotions and now its time for us to stop writing statements and step back and reflect.
Our plan is to work on clear protocols for filming, transporting and publishing footage as well as steps for confirming consent along the way. We won’t do this alone.
If you’d like to add your perspective to this process please hit us up at crew@sub.media.
Thanks to all of you who have reached out with love and support over the last few days and especially to those who reached out for blunt conversations.