As the official Occupy Boston blog notes (at http://www.occupyboston.org/) the police have now literally taken the kitchen sink. Amusing as that is on its face, though, the satiric treatment does not address the police department's explanation for the decision. So far, no explanation has been forthcoming.
Officers at the park declined to comment. A call to the media relations office of the Boston Police department led me to speak with officer James Kennealy. He told me that no single person could be identified as having made the decision to confiscate the sink. He did say, however, that the general policy of keeping building materials out was policy made by the mayor, the police commissioner, and "various health inspectors," and that the ban on new building materials was known to the protestors.
Complicating the problem for the city is the timing of the event. Mere hours before, Occupy Boston had won an extension on the temporary injunction to maintain the encampment. The concerns the City cited in it's case to lift the injunction concerned safety and sanitation. Several protestors I spoke with expressed frustration that attempts to improve camp conditions were being blocked by the materials ban.
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