{"id":1045182,"date":"2021-11-22T17:43:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T22:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1045182"},"modified":"2021-11-22T17:43:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T22:43:36","slug":"fact-check-does-this-photo-show-brick-piles-recently-left-in-kenosha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-photo-show-brick-piles-recently-left-in-kenosha\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Photo Show Brick Piles Recently Left In Kenosha?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-photo-show-brick-piles-recently-left-in-kenosha%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1045182&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dominic.woods.399\/posts\/1951168278376425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> over 400 times purportedly shows stacks of bricks that law enforcement discovered in downtown Kenosha, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The photo, which dates back to 2020, was actually taken in Dallas, Texas.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The claim that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dominic.woods.399\/posts\/1951168278376425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the photo<\/a> shows stacks of bricks in downtown Kenosha circulated amid the final days of 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse\u2019s trial for the fatal shootings of two men and non-fatal shooting of another man during an Aug. 25 protest last year. On Friday, the jury found Rittenhouse not guilty of all five charges, including first-degree reckless homicide and first-degree intentional homicide, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2021\/11\/19\/kyle-rittenhouse-verdict\/8588251002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the Nov. 17 Facebook post, a picture shows large stacks of red bricks in what looks like a parking lot. Check Your Fact has <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/11\/04\/fact-check-pallets-bricks-showing-up-denver-election-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previously<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/06\/09\/fact-check-video-boston-police-planting-bricks-george-floyd-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> false claims of bricks being placed in certain cities on Election Day last year and ahead of Black Lives Matter protests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Brick Fairy made a stop in Kenosha,\u201d the Facebook post <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/11\/18\/fact-check-kyle-wendy-rittenhouse-drive-protest-armed-rifle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alleges<\/a>. \u201cTwo places in the downtown vicinity. The cops are having it cleared out.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/11\/18\/fact-check-kyle-wendy-rittenhouse-drive-protest-armed-rifle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Kyle Rittenhouse\u2019s Mother Drive Him To The Kenosha Protest While He Was Armed With A Rifle?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In reality, the photo is over a year old and was not taken in Wisconsin. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=574380336791241&amp;set=a.352041045691839&amp;type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">since-deleted Facebook post<\/a> featuring it appeared in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/919156\/bricks-random-appear-protests-nyc-kansas-dallas-north-carolina-planted-cops-extremists-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> published by The U.S. Sun on June 2, 2020. The article discussed rumors of bricks being left in various locations across the country amid protests following George Floyd\u2019s death. Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was killed in late May of last year when then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for over eight minutes, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/derek-chauvin-trial-timeline-ad67932d2bf727dd4c23e17e63a97224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook post visible in The U.S. Sun\u2019s article questioned the origins of the bricks and indicated that they were located next to Ashland Street in Dallas. A February 2020 Google Maps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/1700+Ashland+St,+Dallas,+TX+75201\/@32.7895246,-96.8065778,3a,75y,325.42h,78.88t\/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7g8xaHmXUDSmOTSYiEYY7w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m5!3m4!1s0x864e993bad98e075:0xa3f8dc3668a45398!8m2!3d32.789548!4d-96.806559\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">street view<\/a> shows them sitting in that location months before Floyd was killed. A Dallas Police spokesperson told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/2020\/06\/bricks-were-placed-for-construction-not-to-incite-protesters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FactCheck.org<\/a> in June 2020 they \u201chave nothing to confirm that any bricks were intentionally left for use at protests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kenosha Police Department Public Information Officer Lt. Joe Nosalik told Check Your Fact via email that claims of police recently finding brick piles at locations in the city were \u201cabsolutely false.\u201d The department <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenoshaPolice\/status\/1461082680171323392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">also tweeted<\/a> Nov. 17 that \u201cKPD is aware of numerous attempts by malicious actors to spread disinformation on various social media platforms\u201d and that \u201cthere is no credible threat to public safety\u201d to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook over 400 times purportedly shows stacks of bricks that law enforcement discovered in downtown Kenosha, Wisconsin.Verdict: False The photo, which dates back to 2020, was &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1045182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1045182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1045182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1045182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1045182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}