Article contentIn the days after George Floyd’s death, surveillance videos showed a man breaking windows at a Minneapolis auto store. Informally dubbed “Umbrella Man,” he was dressed in black, sporting a gas mask and carrying an opened umbrella. Try refreshing your browser, or Umbrella Man 'protester' who sparked George Floyd mayhem is Hells Angels-linked white supremacist, police say Back to videoMinneapolis police, the Star Tribune reports, say that the man sought to incite racial tension as he walked up the street causing mayhem. Erika Christensen wrote in a search warrant affidavit, the Star Tribune reported. “Until the actions of the person your affiant has been calling ‘Umbrella Man,’ the protests had been relatively peaceful.
Source: National Post July 29, 2020 16:18 UTC