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As if the direct toll of the Occupy movement wasn’t enough, even the opportunity costs are proving deadly. As it turns out, forcing scarce police resources to deal withviolent, petulant outbursts means there are fewer such resources available for protection of law abiding, tax paying citizens.

67-year-old man who called police about an intruder on his property was beaten to death in front of his wife 13 minutes later because authorities were too busy with Occupy Oakland to respond to the request.

Peter Cukor, from Berkeley, was allegedly murdered by Daniel Jordan Dewitt, 23, a local man known to have mental health problems, around 9pm on Saturday night.

Mr Cukor initially called a non-emergency line after seeing Dewitt lurking on his property.

A source close to the case said an officer noticed the call on his computer and offered to check it out but was told not to as officers were being dispatched only to high-priority calls.

The 67-year-old then walked to a nearby fire station for help but no one was there. It was upon his return he was confronted by the intruder.

Shortly after, Mr Cukor’s wife heard him shouting for help and called 911 after seeing the suspect hitting her husband again and again over the head with a ceramic plant pot.

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