# Minneapolis 'Umbrella Man' who sparked AutoZone fire is Hells Angels member: police **URL:** \ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**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")
> [@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): > > 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… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-umbrella-man-who-sparked-autozone-fire-is-hells-angels-member-police/916869)._