Out-of-Context Images Cited as Proof that Agitators Left Bricks for Protesters

By Sarah Komar

X posts cite images from a lot in New Jersey (left) and a Malaysian construction supplier (right) to falsely claim that L.A. protesters were provided bricks to induce violence. (Screenshots via NewsGuard)

What happened: Conservative and conspiracy-oriented accounts are baselessly claiming that agitators placed pallets of bricks around the L…