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With an umbrella in his left hand and a hammer in his right, the man in black lobbed his weapon so nonchalantly into an auto parts shop's windows that it surprised many others in Minneapolis marching nearby in a May 27 protest over George Floyd's death

A man captured on surveillance video smashing windows at a Minneapolis AutoZone in the wake of George Floyd’s death is a Hells Angels member bent on stirring up social unrest, police said. Nicknamed “Umbrella Man” for his all-black getup that included a hood, gas mask and black umbrella, police said the man’s actions led to arson -- the first of several that sent peaceful protests into chaos. Police identified the 32-year-old suspect through a tip last week. Minneapolis police spokesman John Elder told the Associated Press Tuesday he could not confirm the name of the person involved, but said the...

A man who vandalized an auto parts store in Minneapolis during protests over the death of George Floyd is believed to have ties to a white supremacy group and was trying to stir tensions, according to a new court filing. They say he is a member of the Hell’s Angels biker gang and a member of the Aryan Cowboy Brotherhood, a white supremacist gang. Video circulated on social media in late May showing the “Umbrella Man,” dressed in black, smashing windows at an AutoZone store with a sledgehammer. Video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvUe7pJVYD4&feature=emb_title There is only one problem! As Andy Ngo tweeted...

Who was the mysterious Umbrella Man and is he a cop? Speculation had social media buzzing Friday after an unidentified man in a gas mask and carrying an open umbrella smashed the windows of an AutoZone with a hammer during Thursday’s riots in Minneapolis. According to video, protesters seemed to know immediately the man was an impostor. The incident has since gone viral on social media with the hashtag #UmbrellaMan.