Burned pile of stuff near Alewife (attack on homeless person?)

[squirrelitude]

A couple of hours ago I was walking along the bike path next to the eastern Alewife head house and saw a pile of scattered, burned items covering one side of the path with police tape blocking it off. (Uncharacteristically, I neglected to take photos.) There were several notes nearby that lead me to believe this was some kind of attack on the homeless guy I've seen sitting there, in which his cart was burned -- but that is only speculation. Does anyone have any actual information on this?

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[ron_newman]

I saw that this afternoon, wondered if it was an art-student project?

Fire must have been quite recent, as the site smelled strongly of smoke.

[squirrelitude]

The items that were burned looked suspiciously like the remains of a cobbled-together carry-cart complete with newspapers and clothes. The signs indicated outrage and anger. One seemed to have been posted by someone who was not quite right in the head, and made reference to a "Legal Warrior". The two newspaper scraps I could read were about legal cases.

My best guess is that 1) this was an attack on the homeless guy who hangs out around the Alewife pedestrian tunnel, and that 2) the guy saw himself as legal advocate of some sort.

[mjrocks98.livejournal.com]

I saw it this afternoon as well & attack on a homeless person was the first thing that came to my mind as well, though I still haven't seen/ read anything in any news sources yet.

[bradley178.livejournal.com]

I saw it Saturday morning while the guy who usually camps out by the wall there was still digging though the smoldering remains. Went by again on Monday morning and saw the signs. I'm guessing someone burned all his stuff on Friday night/Saturday morning.

[josé-luis olivares (from livejournal.com)]

When I went by Saturday, it already had police tape around it. I think a homeless person's items were burned. I saw the signs, with a handwritten note I didn't read, there on Sunday. No clue as to the real story behind it all, though.