Shelby Steele and his son Eli were filming a documentary in San Francisco based on Steele’s book, White Guilt, when their car window was smashed and all of their camera equipment stolen.
Someone set up a Go Fund Me to help recover some of the costs (I did not set it up myself) but as of yet, they’ve only raised a small amount compared to how much they need. Here is their full post:
Today June 14 in San Francisco, while shooting their documentary WHITE GUILT, based on Shelby Steele's book of the same name, Eli and Shelby Steele's and fellow Oakland filmmaker Terrell Allen's film equipment was stolen out of a rental car in the middle of the day on Lombard Street.
The entire brazen act was captured on film. The Steeles called 911 but police did not respond to calls. Both 911 calls were hung up on. Eventually, they filed a police report. There is no hope of recovering their equipment.
Ironically the film explores how defunding the police has hurt society. Now, the filmmakers, themselves, have become victims of the very thing the film is about.
The Steeles were scheduled to do multiple other interviews which they had to cancel. Fortunately the footage that they had shot earlier in the week had been saved on a hard drive in their hotel.
Among the equipment that was stolen-- Canon C300 Camera ($6,500), Sony FS6 Camera ($6500), Sony 87RV ($4,000), $14,000 in lenses 18-80mm Canon lens, 35mm canon prime lens, canon 24-70mm lens, 2 Sony lens 50mm and 20mm, Sennhauser Microphone System ($700), Sennhauser boom mike ($450), 12 memory cards ($500ea), 5 batteries ($550ea).
Without this equipment, filming cannot proceed.
It has been a very painful experience and I am hopeful an outpouring of support would help them feel a renewed faith in the human spirit and can help their important work proceed.
All funds collected will be remitted directly to Eli Steele and his fellow filmmakers.
You might have a better response if you use givesendgo.com. Not a fan of go fund me. How do you know go fund me won’t suddenly decide they don’t like the film project and keep the money? Remember the Canadian truckers.
While I completely agree they were negligent in protecting their equipment (hopefully not also in forgoing insurance on the car), their perspective is worth supporting.
The fact that San Francisco is overrun with dystopian thuggery is common knowledge, but 911 hanging up on them twice while they’re documenting the devastating effects of “defund the police” is exquisitely painful irony.
Ok they were negligent in not putting it in the trunk or covering it.. yes insurance if possible would have been prudent..and yes give send go would be preferable. Are you through with the grousing and the should haves? Now throw a few bucks their way and support a really good man and his son and their noble cause.
Shelby Steele is a good person, I’ve followed him a good many years. This may have been poor judgement but I think you are off base with attributing malign intent.
Maybe former liberal Democrats who have now opened their eyes and see what the Liberal Leftist have done to America should cough up all the cash since these awakened liberals contributed to the sickness that’s infected our society.
Shelby Steele and son, Eli did a great documentary on Ferguson and Michael Brown. It was first going to be shown for free on Prime and then it was decided by cancel people that it was too controversial and misinformation. I bought it and found it well worth the money and time
Actually, homeowner's or renters insurance would typically cover a loss like that. I am a bit confused as to why they would leave thousands of dollars of equipment that's easily hocked in their vehicle in a city that is known for lawlessness. It's a bit of work, but bring the stuff with you! I'll donate something and do feel bad for them, but I hope they learn that stupid tax is expensive!
When I drove across country I had a backpack full of my most expensive equipment, even in the safest towns I didn't trust it to be left in my car. BUT I understand things like this happen. I trust them that they have the best of intentions here. But yeah I think that explains why the donations are so low.
It wouldn't have been covered by any auto insurance that I have ever had, never having had any more than state minimums. That is all the more reason to put valuables out of sight when possible. Out of sight, out of criminal's minds.
Ever since my donations to the Canadian Trucker Convoy were confiscated by GoFundMe I have been boycotting them. Please start a fundraiser through GiveSendGo and I, along with all the people like me boycotting GiveSendGo, will generously make a donation. Bless you.
This is heart wrenching but not surprising. Shelby Steele’s 2007 book “White Guilt. How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era” is a classic that prophetically analyzes and describes the destructive behaviors that woke fanatics and CRT peddlers are now doubling down on with impunity. No surprise he’d be targeted by the mobsters of the Left that I personally refer to as the democratic party’s re-cycled Klan. They still like lawlessness and still have the will to bully political enemies into submission. They’ve simply re-defined who is now the new object of their wrath. Shelby Steele is a brave and thoughtful soul who dares to speak outside the pathological group think of the black community and their unhinged white enablers. It’s an understatement to say his voice is important. Thank you for this update. I donated.
Shelby, or his twin brother Claude? I thought both were mixed race, half-black/half-white. Oh, you're going by the one-drop rule. My mistake. Yup, black guys for sure.
Actually I don’t know, I just heard of him today through this post. I looked him up and it sounds like he’s against all the victimization stuff and more about empowering oneself through hard work. I agree.
I just donated. So terrible what happened! Cities are no longer safe due to defunding police and also anti police laws that prevent police from doing their job. Why were 911 calls hung up on?
I urge caution donating to GoFundMe or GiveSendGo. GFM will almost certainly shut this one down and very likely shares your name with FBI, and both sites are prone to hacking/doxxing.
Dave Rubin discussed this phenomenon today. Apparently some drivers park their cars with windows open and nothing inside so thieves who don't seem to know how to hot wire a car wont smash the windows.
“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you….The Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.” (Eph 4:32; Col 3:13)
Hell, most of the people I grew up with in the 1940s South could've predicted this. In fact, I remember a sheriff in Birmingham in the 60s describing to some A-hole TV reporter exactly what the city would look like after it was ethnically cleansed. Some things are easier to predict that the morning sunrise. As always, Leftists are immune from contagion by reality or the truth.
First of all, I am stunned that some people are not aware of the car break-Ins in SF. Given the cost of equipment stolen, would not it be cheaper to hire a policeman for a few days?
Btw, for as much as the topic is popular and politically sellable, it’s not defunding the police that matters, it’s the instructions that police is given, when to get involved and when to stand down that matters.
Before looking for cure, make sure you have proper diagnosis. Curing a stroke patient by a cancer protocol is a sure way to kill the patient.
Isn’t this one of the reasons why the number of deaths from medical mistakes/malpractice more than quadrupled since 2010?
If we ban guns at 10K deaths/year should not we ban doctors at 450K/year?
You might have a better response if you use givesendgo.com. Not a fan of go fund me. How do you know go fund me won’t suddenly decide they don’t like the film project and keep the money? Remember the Canadian truckers.
Yes. Those of us who originally gave to the Truckers on the first round felt duped and betrayed. Please Give Send Go.
I would have donated more had it been on give send go.
You can contact the organizer on donation link and suggest she use givesendgo.com instead.
Took the words outta my mouth
Here's a story from Fox News about it:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/author-shelby-steeles-car-broken-into-san-francisco-30k-worth-camera-gear-stolen
Sorry. No Fox! Please see Glenn Greenwald’s latest from last night.
While I completely agree they were negligent in protecting their equipment (hopefully not also in forgoing insurance on the car), their perspective is worth supporting.
The fact that San Francisco is overrun with dystopian thuggery is common knowledge, but 911 hanging up on them twice while they’re documenting the devastating effects of “defund the police” is exquisitely painful irony.
All of that is worth the $25 I just donated.
Ok they were negligent in not putting it in the trunk or covering it.. yes insurance if possible would have been prudent..and yes give send go would be preferable. Are you through with the grousing and the should haves? Now throw a few bucks their way and support a really good man and his son and their noble cause.
Cynical much?
Shelby Steele is a good person, I’ve followed him a good many years. This may have been poor judgement but I think you are off base with attributing malign intent.
Agree with this 100%
Maybe former liberal Democrats who have now opened their eyes and see what the Liberal Leftist have done to America should cough up all the cash since these awakened liberals contributed to the sickness that’s infected our society.
$40k in camera equipment in an unattended rental car in SF? C'mon.
Ever the skeptic :D.
Sasha, why don’t you do a good deed and set up a campaign for Shelby at GiveSendGo?
Let’s help good guys while benefitting good guys rather than evil.
I didn't set up this fundraiser. I just linked to it.
I should probably clarify that it in the post.
I know. I suggested that you did. Also think about free ad your substack would get through doing this good did.
Add a third good people party to the list in my previous comment 😉🫶🏼
Can you imagine being hung up on calling 911, not once but twice? unbelievable.
Shelby Steele and son, Eli did a great documentary on Ferguson and Michael Brown. It was first going to be shown for free on Prime and then it was decided by cancel people that it was too controversial and misinformation. I bought it and found it well worth the money and time
.I am sorry this happened to them.
I'd love to contribute. But GFM is out of the question. Their past transgressions against non-Woke activists is immoral. Any other ideas?
This is terribly ironic. Were the thieves black?
Is there some means other than Go Fund Me that we can use? Go Fund Me violated donors’ trust when they seized funds sent to help Canadian truckers.
Fool me once, shame on you...fool me twice, shame on me!
They should have placed their equipment in the trunk, where the thieves couldn't see it.
Or probably insured it. Is it not covered by car insurance?
Actually, homeowner's or renters insurance would typically cover a loss like that. I am a bit confused as to why they would leave thousands of dollars of equipment that's easily hocked in their vehicle in a city that is known for lawlessness. It's a bit of work, but bring the stuff with you! I'll donate something and do feel bad for them, but I hope they learn that stupid tax is expensive!
When I drove across country I had a backpack full of my most expensive equipment, even in the safest towns I didn't trust it to be left in my car. BUT I understand things like this happen. I trust them that they have the best of intentions here. But yeah I think that explains why the donations are so low.
It would be good if others could be warned of the danger. For some reason, only the Deplorables seem to take the warnings seriously.
What makes us think they won't make the mistake again?
It wouldn't have been covered by any auto insurance that I have ever had, never having had any more than state minimums. That is all the more reason to put valuables out of sight when possible. Out of sight, out of criminal's minds.
Good point. I felt bad for them so I donated, plus I'd like to see the documentary get finished.
I’ll say one thing: if this doesn’t light an even bigger fire under the filmmakers to make a strong statement, nothing will.
I'm hoping that their sole copy of the collected video wasn't stolen with the equipment.
Because I live on $1182 a month of Social Security, I only donate money to my own causes. All others receive my time and effort as they deserve.
Good question
If there was a trunk. (SUV?)
If it was thievery. (Vandalism? Political violence?)
"The entire brazen act was captured on film."
So... not COVERT thievery.
Lots of unknowns here, except for one: Steele is the real deal.
Steele is what real deal?
the real deal
a person or thing considered to be a genuine or supremely good example of their kind.
"their love affair seems pretty close to the real deal"
All truly successful people are real deals.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_Steele
Look closer at the pic. It is an SUV, no trunk. The windows are smashed on both sides of the vehicle.
Can you tell that it was in a crime zone from the pic, as well?
Well a crime was committed there so yea it’s a crime zone.
Then they should have hidden the equipment under a seat.
Ever since my donations to the Canadian Trucker Convoy were confiscated by GoFundMe I have been boycotting them. Please start a fundraiser through GiveSendGo and I, along with all the people like me boycotting GiveSendGo, will generously make a donation. Bless you.
This is heart wrenching but not surprising. Shelby Steele’s 2007 book “White Guilt. How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era” is a classic that prophetically analyzes and describes the destructive behaviors that woke fanatics and CRT peddlers are now doubling down on with impunity. No surprise he’d be targeted by the mobsters of the Left that I personally refer to as the democratic party’s re-cycled Klan. They still like lawlessness and still have the will to bully political enemies into submission. They’ve simply re-defined who is now the new object of their wrath. Shelby Steele is a brave and thoughtful soul who dares to speak outside the pathological group think of the black community and their unhinged white enablers. It’s an understatement to say his voice is important. Thank you for this update. I donated.
I do as well. But if they are hacked your email and other contact information will be shared with Antifa/BLM and like. It happened to me.
I know someone who had all her camera equipment stolen from her car in San Francisco. That was almost 40 years ago!
Left in car in SF and not insured? Sorry, no sympathy here.
Not to sound unsympathetic, but I wonder if they feel more white guilt, less or the same after this incident.
Steele is black
Shelby, or his twin brother Claude? I thought both were mixed race, half-black/half-white. Oh, you're going by the one-drop rule. My mistake. Yup, black guys for sure.
You’re right, mixed race, but black enough to not suffer from “white guilt”.
So what’s their take on white guilt? True question, because I have no idea. Thanks.
Actually I don’t know, I just heard of him today through this post. I looked him up and it sounds like he’s against all the victimization stuff and more about empowering oneself through hard work. I agree.
I wish I could help, but thanks to Brandon's new America I am really struggling these days.
I just donated. So terrible what happened! Cities are no longer safe due to defunding police and also anti police laws that prevent police from doing their job. Why were 911 calls hung up on?
I urge caution donating to GoFundMe or GiveSendGo. GFM will almost certainly shut this one down and very likely shares your name with FBI, and both sites are prone to hacking/doxxing.
I donate anonymously
Please do not use GoFundMe
Oh I didn't set this up. I just linked to it.
Could it be possible they were stuck in traffic and were robbed while still in the car?
Dave Rubin discussed this phenomenon today. Apparently some drivers park their cars with windows open and nothing inside so thieves who don't seem to know how to hot wire a car wont smash the windows.
I’m sure they realized their mistake.
“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you….The Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.” (Eph 4:32; Col 3:13)
Wait, is this just because you guys are alliterative name buddies?
Done
Ironic
Hell, most of the people I grew up with in the 1940s South could've predicted this. In fact, I remember a sheriff in Birmingham in the 60s describing to some A-hole TV reporter exactly what the city would look like after it was ethnically cleansed. Some things are easier to predict that the morning sunrise. As always, Leftists are immune from contagion by reality or the truth.
I assume they are "good guys" because of Sasha
White women
Tweeted to my following...
First of all, I am stunned that some people are not aware of the car break-Ins in SF. Given the cost of equipment stolen, would not it be cheaper to hire a policeman for a few days?
Btw, for as much as the topic is popular and politically sellable, it’s not defunding the police that matters, it’s the instructions that police is given, when to get involved and when to stand down that matters.
Before looking for cure, make sure you have proper diagnosis. Curing a stroke patient by a cancer protocol is a sure way to kill the patient.
Isn’t this one of the reasons why the number of deaths from medical mistakes/malpractice more than quadrupled since 2010?
If we ban guns at 10K deaths/year should not we ban doctors at 450K/year?
Just asking … for a friend!
A trunk is no guarantee of security. They tore of my door handle and popped the trunk.