In November 2003, trade ministers from 34 countries convene in Miami to negotiate the Free Trade Area of the Americas, and thousands of union members, environmentalists, students, and human rights activists show up to oppose it. Indymedia volunteers shoot hundreds of hours of footage on the ground, and this film is cut from that material by the FTAA Miami Video Working Group. It documents a police operation with an $8.5 million security budget, coordinated with the newly formed Department of Homeland Security, that meets protesters with rubber bullets, pepper spray, electric guns, and shock batons. The footage shows officers making arrests before any law is broken, collecting intelligence on activist groups, and allowing reporters to embed directly with police units covering the demonstrations. Alongside the confrontations, the camera also catches the protests' organizing side: teach-ins, marches, and grassroots coordination among union members, farm workers, and community organizers opposed to the trade deal's effects on labor and public services. The film's case rests on its own raw footage rather than outside narration.