October 10: Occupy Oakland begins with a rally at Oakland’s Frank Ogawa Plaza. The occupiers rename it Oscar Grant Plaza in honor of a boy who was slain by BART Police on November 9, 2009. Some occupiers set up camp and spend the night.
October 19: A television reporter calls the cops after he is bitten by a dog owned by an occupier. When the Oakland Police Department arrives, occupiers surround them chanting “Cops go home!” The OPD retreats and the assault is never investigated.
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