I'd been hearing stories of pallets of bricks, etc. appearing at the sites of protests, seemingly to encourage destructive activities. Certainly warnings went out on social media that they were bait. I'd heard about them appearing in downtown Dallas the night of the particularly destructive protest there, but being there is so much disinformation right now, I was still doubtful. Then a friend whom I trust pointed out a cart full of hefty rocks had been placed - for no discernible reason - in front of her local mall hours before a protest was to start.
Now, the kicker - it happened in my town, too, at our small protest. A mysterious pallet of bricks turning up the night before, like magic. My son and his friends saw it and told us, because it was weird, and it was certainly there the next day. Fortunately, the protest was peaceful.
Here's the thing...maybe this could happen in a big city without anyone noticing, but around here, no one would have been able to unload a pallet of bricks on our picturesque little plaza without some kind of permit. Cops patrol around it all night long, and what's more, this is the kind of small town where residents get sniffy if anything's slightly out of place. The police dispatcher complains that 99% of calls are just neighbors tattling on each other for minor indiscretions.
Consider me convinced as far the brick conspiracy goes.