Rumours of bricks supposedly left out to encourage protesters to commit violence swirled on social media ahead of a planned march against anti-black racism Friday in Toronto. However, as Toronto prepared for two planned protests over the weekend, and stores downtown boarded up windows, rumours of placed bricks gained steam online. Two piles of bricks spotted on Toronto's Queen St. W. near Ossington Ave. were a source of misleading information. A photo of Queen St. W. near Ossington on Friday afternoon, showing no bricks. In this screenshot from Instagram, a misleading post claims these bricks were spotted at the University of Toronto campus in Toronto.

Source: CBC News June 05, 2020 21:41 UTC