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Boston Police Caught With Truck Full of Bricks; Are They 'Planting' Them to Incite Violence?
International Business Times ^ | 06/02/2020 | By Manthan Chheda

Posted on 06/02/2020 9:45:09 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

The anger over George Floyd's death has led to protests across the country and the situation is worsening by the day. While some are protesting peacefully, others have resorted to violence, looting and vandalism to rebel against the law enforcement after Floyd was killed in custody when a Minneapolis police officer pinned him down with his knee over his neck last week.

A state of emergency has been declared in several states and the National Guard has stepped in to deal with the intensifying unrest. However, a new video clip has started circulating on social media suggesting that law enforcement might be inciting violence by leaving bricks on the street for protestors to use and damage property.

Boston Police Truck Filled With Bricks

A video clip, shared by a Twitter user named Alexander Parker, shows two Boston Police officers unloading bricks from their truck inside what appears to be an alleyway as they carefully place them on a brick pallet on the right-side of the vehicle. The truck's bed is filled to the brim with hundreds of bricks.

The person recording the video points out that the bricks could be for undercover police officers or agent provocateurs that are getting involved in the protests to encourage violence so that police have an "excuse to beat the s**t out of them."

The video has garnered more than 350,000 views and racked up hundreds of comments with many claiming the police are "planting" bricks at protest sites and streets, which they claim is a tactic used to turn peaceful protests violent and justify the use of excessive force on rioters.

Piles of Bricks Mysteriously Show Up at Riot Hotspots

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 2020election; accessories; aidandcomfort; boston; bostonpolice; bricks; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; enemieswithin; fakenews; incitement; massachusetts; mediawingofthednc; nonsense; partisanmediashills; police; presstitutes; protests; purebs; riots; smearmachine
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To: SeekAndFind

I watched the video. It shows nothing that is claimed. It only shows that the police had bricks in that truck (if they were even police). Could be seized material. No one is ‘carefully placing [them] on a pallet.’


121 posted on 06/02/2020 2:30:29 PM PDT by Lazamataz (China is the single source of evil in the entire world.)
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To: Lazamataz; IndispensableDestiny; SeekAndFind

To summarize this thread debunking claims made about this video:

The location is a facility owned by the privately-owned Northeastern University for use by their police department. In other words, they are campus cops. Hat tip to FReeper IndispensableDestiny for this Google street view link:

https://goo.gl/maps/g5Ek4PC7rq2aB3uu8

The Northeastern Police Twitter account mentions this video and states that the bricks were from deteriorated sidewalks in the area:

https://twitter.com/northeasternpd?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

A street view at the stated location clearly shows brick sidewalks:

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3365769,-71.0854666,3a,75y,323.08h,80.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ssrb0JPy2W8sO4OvGD2lBHg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

The mysterious all black vehicle with the number on top is owned by the Northeastern University police, not by the Boston municipal police department (whose vehicles are blue and white). Here’s a picture of another of Northeastern Police vehicle which is almost all black and clearly has a 4-digit number on top:

https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/151210_gma_janis4_0803_16x9_992.jpg

Claims that the people in this video are Boston municipal cops are false and most likely intended to fuel anti-cop hysteria regardless of facts.


122 posted on 06/03/2020 3:32:28 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (In blue cities, you will be arrested for opening a business, but not for looting one.)
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To: SeekAndFind; bitt; generally

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3851089/posts?page=1#1

Ping to brick stashes being found:

Piles of Bricks Mysteriously Show Up at Riot Hotspots

Boston Police Truck Filled With Bricks

“A video clip, shared by a Twitter user named Alexander Parker, shows two Boston Police officers unloading bricks from their truck inside what appears to be an alleyway as they carefully place them on a brick pallet on the right-side of the vehicle. The truck’s bed is filled to the brim with hundreds of bricks.

The person recording the video points out that the bricks could be for undercover police officers or agent provocateurs that are getting involved in the protests to encourage violence so that police have an “excuse to beat the s**t out of them.”

The video has garnered more than 350,000 views and racked up hundreds of comments with many claiming the police are “planting” bricks at protest sites and streets, which they claim is a tactic used to turn peaceful protests violent and justify the use of excessive force on rioters.”


123 posted on 06/03/2020 1:13:09 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: SeekAndFind

Piles of Bricks Mysteriously Show Up at Riot Hotspots

Boston Police Truck Filled With Bricks

“A video clip, shared by a Twitter user named Alexander Parker, shows two Boston Police officers unloading bricks from their truck inside what appears to be an alleyway as they carefully place them on a brick pallet on the right-side of the vehicle. The truck’s bed is filled to the brim with hundreds of bricks.

The person recording the video points out that the bricks could be for undercover police officers or agent provocateurs that are getting involved in the protests to encourage violence so that police have an “excuse to beat the s**t out of them.”

The video has garnered more than 350,000 views and racked up hundreds of comments with many claiming the police are “planting” bricks at protest sites and streets, which they claim is a tactic used to turn peaceful protests violent and justify the use of excessive force on rioters.”

Interesting....


124 posted on 06/03/2020 3:17:53 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: WildHighlander57

In Boston?

They are stealing the bricks. They probably have their brother coming by in the pick up. They are re-doing their patio in Southie.


125 posted on 06/03/2020 3:32:24 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: SeekAndFind

Why isn’t anyone investigating this? We’ve known about it all week.


126 posted on 06/03/2020 3:35:04 PM PDT by JerseyDvl ("If you're going through hell, keep going.")
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To: JerseyDvl

Because these bricks show up in areas where they are clearly going to be used in renovations.

You simply don’t move that many landscaping bricks without being able to track down their origin in about ten minutes.

I am never surprised at the silly conspiracy theories people on FR fall for.

Next we will hear they are really the bricks used in the construction of the school in Newtown.


127 posted on 06/03/2020 3:37:40 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: JerseyDvl

Because it’s probably not true.


128 posted on 06/03/2020 3:39:25 PM PDT by Mears (..)
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To: chris37

:-(


129 posted on 06/03/2020 4:49:56 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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