“Piles of bricks are being staged ahead of the protests over the death of George Floyd "to destroy” property and to incite violence.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 1 Jun 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisNo Evidence
What FactCheck.org found
There is no evidence of staging bricks for protests, and in many cases the bricks had been delivered for construction projects or had been at the sites for some time.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 June 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 June 2020, 4 days later. Its rating was “No Evidence”.
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