In the episode of 'The Mentalist' entitled "Red Is The New Black", there 
young designers were arrested at an "Occupy Oakland" rally and spent the night 
in jail.  In a way, this was a good thing, because it eliminated the trio as 
suspects in the murder of another fashion designer.
On January 28th of this year, 400 protesters were arrested at the "Occupy 
Oakland" protest, so now we know when this episode took place.  (It aired on 
February 2nd, so that was a quick connection for the Toobworld timeline!)
Others may have been arrested in the past few months, but a number as large 
as that makes it easier to blend in a few fictional TV characters.  Precedent 
for that has been established by larger historical events like Custer's Last 
Stand, Pearl Harbor, D-Day, the sinking of the Titanic, and the World Trade 
Center Attack.
(My thanks to Rich Shapiro for pointing out the significance of their 
alibi.)
BCnU!



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You're welcome. :-)
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