Big Hollywood "We soon discovered an archive of emails among Occupy organizers that revealed both their revolutionary ambitions and their cynical tactics--such as using children, veterans, and the disabled as human shields in clashes with police.
"And Brandon Darby, who had helped the FBI prevent anarchist violence at the 2008 RNC, soon alerted us to a pattern of sexual assaults at Occupy camps being covered up by organizers and the media. That story, more than any other, became Occupy’s undoing, because it showed how a movement supposedly representing the oppressed was hurting the most vulnerable.
"It was Andrew himself who finally broke through the mainstream media’s wall of silence. When he shouted “Stop raping people!” at Occupy at CPAC, some of us thought he was crazy--until we realized his spectacle had forced the media, finally, to cover the story."
From Aug 29; 2012 Republican Convention: 'Occupy Unmasked' Screening Draws Threats to Filmmakers "Another documentary is drawing controversy at the Republican National Convention -- the filmmakers of Occupy Unmasked, starring the late Andrew Breitbart, say they've received dozens of threats of physical violence in advance of Thursday's screening of the critical look at the Occupy Wall Street movement."
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