Photo: Stashes Of Bricks Are Being Found In DC Near Freedom Plaza – Officially They Are For Construction Work But Locals Say They Were Left There Over Night

Right Journalism ^ | 01.05.2020 | Natalie Dagenhardt

[TexasGunLover]

Picking up materials that are not yours is theft.

As long as the materials have been adjudicated as abandoned, then unless DC has other intervening rules, that would be a logical conclusion. Walking down the street and making that conclusion as a person in public, still makes it theft.

[Svartalfiar]

As long as the materials have been adjudicated as abandoned, then unless DC has other intervening rules, that would be a logical conclusion. Walking down the street and making that conclusion as a person in public, still makes it theft.

And who is the victimized party here? If all these random piles of bricks/pavers really are property of construction companies, let them file a complaint. They won't, because they almost certainly don't have permits to be placing them on the sidewalks.
If it was placed there by BLM/Antifa terrorists, then I fail to see how that's theft. You're an activist, they put the piles out for activists. You're just taking your share a little early, before the riots begin!

[TexasGunLover]

Again you have unilaterally determined the items as non-legitimate.

[Svartalfiar]

Again you have unilaterally determined the items as non-legitimate.

No, I have given several scenarios in which they aren't legitimate piles. Why don't you give me a situation or two that would explain their presence around the city?

[TexasGunLover]

No, I have given several scenarios in which they aren't legitimate piles. Why don't you give me a situation or two that would explain their presence around the city?

None of the scenarios allow you to make a determination. If it isn't yours, you don't get to decide.

[Svartalfiar]

None of the scenarios allow you to make a determination. If it isn't yours, you don't get to decide.

And yet you still can't give a scenario where the multiple piles of bricks are legitimate. I'm not making the determination, I'm giving options for what it could be.