‘Umbrella Man’ Who Smashed MN AutoZone Was White Supremacist, Cops Say | Talking Points Memo

For months, activists and police have sought the identity of a figure who became known as “umbrella man” — a black-clad, anonymous vandal who took a hammer to a Minneapolis AutoZone in late May, just two days after the police killing of George Floyd.


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And no charges yet. There’s your white privilege card in action, the police and prosecutors wait until they’ve got everything before moving to apprehend and charge.

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“Aryan Cowboys” aka “Nazi Cowpokers.”

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Most unfortunately for Ms. Rashid, she got an implicit answer to her question yesterday from this exchange:

https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1288204827969953793

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Wonder how much he charged the Trump campaign for his services?

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Unfortunately, there seem to have been a fair number of white folks with vandalism fetishes that have shown up at these protests. Not all are right wingers, but clearly that element has been present since the first protest in Minn.

One has to wonder if there is any coordination between Boogaloo types and elements of the police in attempts to discredit the protests.

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Moreover, they’ve also given the SOB ample opportunity to disappear.

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Not sure whether we’re seeing privilege or sleuthing. It had to take some good detective work to corner this asshole. Maybe the detective bureau did its duty. Maybe a professional liberal terrier sought out Pink Tee Shirt Man and got enough to exert some political pressure. Either way, sewing up an airtight case is a good thing.

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The point being, Floyd was murdered on suspicion of passing a bad $20 bill.

Nobody waited for a big investigation or sleuthing or anything, they just murdered him straight out.

If we offered the fair and full investigation to everyone, that’s the right thing to do. That we don’t is part of the institutional racism people are protesting about.

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Especially since the Aryan Cowboy fall cattle drive is just around the corner…

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How did they find him? Did they look in the Police HR files?

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The biggest white supremacist inciter of violence on issues of race doesn’t carry an umbrella—he’s an orange man living in a white house

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His Craigslist ad for Rent-A-False-Flag?

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To be fair, he carries one, he just not smart enough to know how to close it.

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These highly trained antifa operatives are so clever that they can pass as right-wing goons. They have to be stopped.

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so do you think Trump & Barr will direct so much as 2 seconds of anger at this “THUG”
this “ANARCHIST” … this plotter of violence and destruction?

Mitchell Wesley Carlson

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I’m sure Barr sees nothing wrong here judging by yesterday’s testimony.

More proof that the BLM protests are essentially peaceful and most of the vandalism and destructive behavior is caused by provocateurs like this guy and Trump’s goon squads.

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One word: CoIntelPro.

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“I wish him well.”

-DJT

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Expecting to get paid by Donald? Poor deluded fool.

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