Biography
Cesar Aguirre, then 24 and from Elk Grove, California, was prosecuted for actions during the November 2-3, 2011 Occupy Oakland general strike. Following the strike's late-night march on the OPD Internal Affairs and Recruiting Office near Oakland City Hall, prosecutors said Aguirre struck the building's windows multiple times with a red metal folding chair, breaking six windows and a door. Convicted in mid-2012 of felony vandalism; in September 2012 sentenced to six months in the Alameda County Jail, five years probation, $6,654 in restitution, and a five-year stay-away order from Frank Ogawa Plaza. Aguirre had already served roughly four months in pretrial custody. He maintained he was innocent throughout.
Photograph identified October 12, 2026: The original article image expressly captioned Cesar Aguirre in SFGATE’s September 11, 2012 case report, credited to the Oakland city attorney. The source image was inspected and stored without further alteration; no open-license claim is made. Exact jail-admission and appeal-bail release dates remain unresolved.
Duration consistency review October 13, 2026: The stored exact day count has been cleared because this case does not have verified day-precision confinement endpoints or an independently documented exact number of days served. Existing approximate durations and sentencing descriptions are retained. No missing date has been guessed.
