# Minneapolis 'Umbrella Man' who sparked AutoZone fire is Hells Angels member: police

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [July 30, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-umbrella-man-who-sparked-autozone-fire-is-hells-angels-member-police/916869 "2020-07-30T21:49:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-umbrella-man-who-sparked-autozone-fire-is-hells-angels-member-police/916869/1 "2020-07-30T21:49:38Z")

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I have no idea what forum to put this in and I’m surprised it hasn’t been mentioned already. Reported by Fox News, no less:

> **[Minneapolis 'Umbrella Man' who sparked AutoZone fire is Hells Angels member:...](https://www.foxnews.com/us/minneapolis-umbrella-man-autozone-fire-hells-angels-police)**
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> Nicknamed “Umbrella Man” for his all-black getup that included hood, gas mask and black umbrella, police say the man’s actions led to an arson fire.

And it looks like he belongs to white supremacist group(s).

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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-umbrella-man-who-sparked-autozone-fire-is-hells-angels-member-police/916869/2 "2020-07-30T21:53:24Z")

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There is a thread which, I believe, was moved to Mundane Pointless Acronym Forum.

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**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-umbrella-man-who-sparked-autozone-fire-is-hells-angels-member-police/916869/3 "2020-07-30T21:56:29Z")

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> [@Umbrella Man is a Hell's Angel and not Antifa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umbrella-man-is-a-hells-angel-and-not-antifa/916663):
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> From AP: "Police say a man captured on surveillance video breaking windows at a south Minneapolis auto parts store in the days after George Floyd’s death is a [Hell’s Angels member](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/police-hells-angel-sparked-minneapolis-riots-over-floyd/ar-BB17itnE) who was bent on stirring up social unrest. Dubbed “Umbrella Man” for an all-black getup that included hood, gas mask and black umbrella, police say the man’s actions soon led to an arson fire that was the first of several that transformed peaceful protests into chaos." Sooooooo, hopefully this educates some of the fo…

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**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-umbrella-man-who-sparked-autozone-fire-is-hells-angels-member-police/916869/4 "2020-07-30T22:01:35Z")

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Bah! I looked through MPTIMS but obviously not hard enough.

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**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-umbrella-man-who-sparked-autozone-fire-is-hells-angels-member-police/916869/5 "2020-07-31T03:07:08Z")

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But, but, we were all assured that he _clearly_ was a Black Bloc Anarchist!  
CMC