Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin fakes community service as boyfriend takes her picture and the two dash away in their Mercedes Benz

A journalist was fired for posting online a staged picture of herself with a power drill, appearing to help rebuild a store in Los Angeles, after a weekend of civil unrest related to the George Floyd death.

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Footage emerged of Moriarty-McLaughlin faking as she was helping a worker to repair or board up a building destroyed by looters was posted on social media.

The video was first published to Twitter by @ewufortheloss, who captioned the clip, “This lady stopped someone boarding up a store in Santa Monica so she could hold the drill for a picture, then drove away.

Social media users were quick to slam Moriarty-McLaughlin for pulling such a move after she previously criticizing protests over Floyd’s death.

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The user who posted the clip also asked that the haters not ‘doxx’ or release personal information about the woman.