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Police say the suspect has been identified, but no charges had been filed as of Tuesday afternoon.
A masked man who was seen in a viral video smashing the windows of a south Minneapolis auto parts store during the George Floyd protests, earning him the moniker Umbrella Man, is suspected to be a member of the Hells Angels biker gang seeking to incite racial tension in a demonstration that until then had been peaceful, police said.
A Minneapolis police arson investigator said the mans actions at the AutoZone on East Lake Street set off a chain reaction that led to days of looting and rioting. The building was later burned to the ground.
This was the first fire that set off a string of fires and looting throughout the precinct and the rest of the city, Erika Christensen wrote in a search warrant affidavit filed in court this week. Until the actions of the person your affiant has been calling Umbrella man, the protests had been relatively peaceful. The actions of this person created an atmosphere of hostility and tension. Your affiant believes that this individuals sole aim was to incite violence.
Police identified the suspect thanks to a tip that came via email last week, Christensen said.
At least two people died in the subsequent riots, which eventually spread as far as north Minneapolis and South St. Paul, and caused an estimated $500 million in damage.
Police have also connected the 32-year-old man to a widely-publicized incident in Stillwater late last month, in which a Muslim woman was confronted by a group of men wearing white supremacist garb.
more: https://www.startribune.com/police-umbrella-man-was-a-white-supremacist-trying-to-incite-george-floyd-rioting/571932272/
blogslut
(37,955 posts)brush
(53,469 posts)were dispatched to cities to create violence to discredit the BLM protests. This verifies that. It's a common tactic by the right.
TheBlackAdder
(28,073 posts).
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Blue Owl
(49,913 posts)They just gonna let this Nazi sack of shit walk free with no consequences???
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)A subsequent investigation revealed that the man was also an associate of the Aryan Cowboy Brotherhood, a small white supremacist prison and street gang based primarily in Minnesota and Kentucky. Several of its members were present at the Stillwater incident.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,145 posts)Vivienne235729
(3,373 posts)RANDYWILDMAN
(2,644 posts)surprise surprise surprise.
TheBlackAdder
(28,073 posts).
This weekend in Richmond, Virginia, police arrested several such saboteurs during a Black Lives Matter protest, according to city Mayor Levar Stoney. White supremacists were carrying pro-BLM signs and breaking windows at downtown businesses, Stoney said, but were stopped when BLM protesters pointed them out to police.
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Not only are white supremacists involved in the violence and property damage at the protests, but its clear that they are working multiple strategies to leverage the chaos into what they hope will be a democracy-destroying race and civil war. The tactics so far include:
Dressing up in clothing typically worn by antifascist demonstrators, mainly the all-black clothing and masks worn by so-called black bloc activists. This has been observed both in Portland and in Seattle, where well-known far-right Proud Boy street brawlers have been spotted and reported on social media.
Turning up at protest demonstrations fully armed with body armor, often wearing the Hawaiian shirts that signify participation in the Boogaloo civil-war movement, and claiming to be sympathetic to the anti-police protesters (many Boogaloo enthusiasts are indeed violently disposed toward law-enforcement officers). This has occurred in a variety of places, including in North Minneapolis, in Salisbury, North Carolina, in Bentonville, Arkansas, as well as in Seattle and Los Angeles. The most notorious case occurred in Denver, Colorado, where a Boogaloo Boi was arrested by police at a protest with a large arsenal in the trunk of his car.
Pretending to be antifascists or anarchists on the Internet, primarily with the purpose of duping the public into believing that antifascists were on the verge of attacking communities. One fake flier, spread around Olympia, Washington, offered people $200 to act as paid protesters, all of it ostensibly paid for by George Soros and the Open Society Foundation. The most glaring hoax was when a Twitter account calling itself ANTIFA US began posting wildly incendiary exhortations: Tonights the night, Comrades. Tonight we say 'F--- The City' and we move into the residential areas... the white hoods.... and we take what's ours The account was taken down after Twitter ascertained it was associated with activists involved in the white-nationalist Identity Evropa organization. Despite being a fairly obvious hoax, it nonetheless duped Donald Trump Jr. into repeating the post on Instagram with a message supporting his fathers attempts to blame antifascists for the violence.
https://crooksandliars.com/2020/07/white-supremacists-arrested-while
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dalton99a
(81,065 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,827 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,145 posts)This deserved broader coverage, as it was fucking terrifying.
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)Mister Ed
(5,896 posts)Teenage waitresses from the ice cream parlor banded together and escorted the terrified Muslim woman and her four-year-old child past the white supremacists out on the streets.
MarcA
(2,195 posts)Last edited Tue Jul 28, 2020, 07:56 PM - Edit history (1)
Scruffy1
(3,239 posts)It's certainly not unusual for the feds to have "assets" in biker gangs and other organizations including anti war groups.Police work is not like TV shows. Most crimes are solved by "information". It happened a long time ago but I can remember when the President of the Minneapolis Hell's Angels turned snitch. When youare looking at a possible long sentence, or at least huge legal bills going to work for the feds becomes an appealing alternative. He could very well be doing this to please his masters, but I don't think they would directly ask for such behavior. It's all a wink and a nod. If he was an Angel I am sure the feds have a file and yet it took locals to identify him.
BadgerMom
(2,766 posts)that Ive felt all along they could be involved in the violence in Portland that allows criticism of the peaceful protesters.
IronLionZion
(45,256 posts)people wouldn't know the difference from the federal agents doing it. They could easily impersonate federal agents or protesters or both to create the story they want.
StocktonNative
(120 posts)...or better yet 'raliies'
And that is a major issue with the Portland public knowing that some of these goons are in the ranks of the police.
At the same time the QAnon types are milling around with the ALT-Right groups.
It is not out of the question that some of these types are causing trouble at these Portland protests. Just the other day a group of white kids were calling out "Nigger" to people in the park, puffing up and pulling out a gun to those who spoke up. One individual being shot in the arm.
FCK TRUMP and his ALT-RIGHT WeakWhyte Racist assholes.
Note: I live in Portland and have been to at least 9 rallies now and make my presence during the daytime to feel what is going on in the city. #PortlandProtest #BlackLivesMatter
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Sarcasm, I hope?
Midnight Writer
(21,546 posts)JudyM
(29,122 posts)because sometimes around here ya just dont know
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)musette_sf
(10,184 posts)It was SO obvious, but happy to see the guy has been ID'd.
Kingofalldems
(38,361 posts)uponit7771
(90,225 posts)uponit7771
(90,225 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)It they had identified a Black guy, he'd already have been shot while resisting arrest.
SunSeeker
(51,367 posts)SleeplessinSoCal
(8,994 posts)The ads hundreds of millions of dollars are being produced as we type.
superpatriotman
(6,232 posts)Nululu
(831 posts)PoliWrangler
(139 posts)LittleGirl
(8,261 posts)Glad they identified him. Is he going to jail or is 45 going to pardon him too?
panader0
(25,816 posts)nolabear
(41,915 posts)This is the second one of these Ive seen in a week.
bucolic_frolic
(42,666 posts)in the grassy knoll.
You mean he's back?
Hassler
(3,321 posts)It would turn out to be a fascist? Answer: anyone with a functioning brain.
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)This person is very calm, very matter of fact. They are extremely well prepared.
They have been doing this a while.
Always remember, practice makes the perfect fascist. They are good. We need to be better.
woodsprite
(11,853 posts)ret5hd
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dalton99a
(81,065 posts)SergeStorms
(18,891 posts)I knew that SOB was a provocateur of some sort, and so did the people in the area of the auto parts store. I'm glad they found out, ostensibly anyway, who it was. Now I hope they're able to throw the book at him. It's agents provocateur who are starting this shit all over the country, giving BLM protestors a bad name.