Minneapolis Police Reportedly Identify Viral ‘Umbrella Man’ As White Supremacist



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An Auto Zone store was among the Minneapolis buildings looted and damaged on May 27 during the protests against police violence. Police investigators reportedly have a suspect in the vandalism that preceded the burning of the store.

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She also wrote that she had watched «innumerable hours» of social media videos in her search for the suspect, which was unsuccessful until a tip arrived in the police department’s inbox last week.

The tipster identified the man as a Hell’s Angels member, and said he «wanted to sow discord and racial unrest by breaking out the windows and writing what he did on the double red doors,» reported the Star Tribune.

According to Minnesota Public Radio, community members have long suspected that outside extremists were trying to inflame tensions at demonstrations against racism and police brutality in the wake of Floyd’s death, with some Twin Cities residents reporting seeing «white supremacist and other far-right imagery on vehicles that came into their neighborhoods during the protests.»

While the man’s face was obscured by a gas mask in the video, Christensen reportedly wrote in the affidavit that his height lines up with the video, and noted a «striking resemblance in the eye, nose bridge and brow area.»

Multiple news outlets report that police also linked the man to an incident that took place in Stillwater, Minn., in June, when a group of men wearing white supremacist garb allegedly harassed a Muslim woman who was at a malt shop with her 4-year-old daughter.

The reports also say police link «Umbrella Man» and the Stillwater incident with the Aryan Cowboy Brotherhood, a small white supremacist prison and street gang primarily based in Minnesota and Kentucky.

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