The tall man, dressed head to toe in black, including a black gas mask and a black umbrella, can be seen in a video wielding a sledgehammer as he calmly smashed the windows of a Minneapolis auto parts store. The scene was one of the first widely shared images of wanton destruction to emerge from the protests in Minneapolis after George Floyd was killed by the police there. He was given the nickname “Umbrella Man” and became the subject of online conspiracy theories. The Minneapolis police unsuccessfully tried to identify the man based on a glimpse of facial features seen in the bystander video. They have not charged anyone with a crime.

Source: New York Times July 28, 2020 23:00 UTC