From a 2020 report by FactCheck.org:
Some viral social media posts misleadingly suggest that piles of bricks are being staged ahead of the protests over the death of George Floyd to incite violence.
We reviewed five social media posts making such claims and found no evidence of staging. In many cases, the bricks had been delivered for construction projects, or had been at the sites for some time.
A photo posted on Facebook showed a pile of bricks near the site of protests in Dallas, and questioned where they came from. One commenter asked, “Who put this pallet of bricks here? Where is the FBI and news media???”
But a Google search of the area revealed that the bricks have been there, near a construction site, since at least February, NBC News reported.
Read the full article. Posts like the ones below, using the same 2020 Dallas photo, are again going viral today on X and TikTok. When I called out the first cultist below, he blocked me.
Skids of bricks already delivered near the DNC, right on schedule pic.twitter.com/eSM3aWqJ35
— Fred From Brooklyn (@FredBrooklynOG) August 18, 2024
BREAKING: A source from the Chicago Police Department has confirmed the appearance of pallets of bricks near locations designated for DNC protests.
The brick have been removed by Streets and Sanitation Department. pic.twitter.com/R0Jm5T2OlV
— I Meme Therefore I Am
(@ImMeme0) August 18, 2024
Who dropped off the bricks?
pic.twitter.com/4JYzgxulB7
— ThatOneGuy55 (@Tesla7771) August 18, 2024
Pallets of bricks are appearing around Chicago. The democrats communist wing is taking on the DNC.
Fun fact, the Antifa pallets of bricks idea originated from Berlin. I had video of this, but old Twitter deleted the video.
Germany is home to Antifa and its associates Rosa… https://t.co/XtyJPyLzP2
— Bad Kitty Unleashed
(@pepesgrandma) August 18, 2024
SHOCKER! – “Pallets Of BRICKS” Have been seen conveniently stashed near the DNC Staging area.
Who do you think gets away with dropping off pallets of bricks to random city corners?#Antifa #DNC #Chicago pic.twitter.com/GV68SmkKvG
— In2ThinAir (@In2ThinAir) August 18, 2024