They appear in other footage together.Enter your email to follow new comments on this article.Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. The narrative is ours and we must control it,” wrote one Twitter user. “Here is a video of the incident which shows protesters trying to stop him from smashing the windows. “We've seen it. Start your Independent Premium subscription today.The umbrella also caused confusion. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates.Want to discuss real-world problems, be involved in the most engaging discussions and hear from the journalists? I am an alum of City, University of London and Texas StateI am a Texas native covering breaking news out of New York City. Previously, I was a Forbes intern in London. Since then, theories about Umbrella Man and his agenda have exploded online, with people speculating as to whether he was an undercover cop or organised protester. The AutoZone in question was located near the Minneapolis police 3rd precinct.Police say Pederson is being falsely accused of being the mysterious black-clad, umbrella-carrying man involved in methodically breaking windows at an AutoZone during the protests/riots, which have broken out in Minneapolis/St.Paul. "The person in the video is not our officer," the St. Paul Police Department said in a social media statement. "The person in the video is not our officer," the St. Paul Police Department said in a social media statement. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss real-world solutions, and more. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. First noticed in Minneapolis, ‘umbrella man’ was filmed smashing in the windows of an Auto Zone store with a hammer in an eerily calm fashion. It’s unfortunate that people would post and share this untrue information, adding more confusion to an already painful time in our community.In a statement sent to Heavy, Linders wrote that the post accusing Pederson was a “false social media post.” The man isn’t Pederson, he stated (although he didn’t use Pederson’s name).We are aware of the social media post that erroneously identifies one of our officers as the person caught on video breaking windows in Minneapolis. The umbrella man’s face is mostly obscured by a mask, although his eyes are visible. Someone yells: "Are you a f***ing cop? “We need to be aware of police purposefully creating violence just to give justification for future forceful reactionary measures. Heavy has reached out to Park through his website asking for his comment on the police alibi statement and asking for the names of the text message sender and recipient so they can be contacted for interviews.People shared videos of the umbrella man systematically breaking windows at the AutoZone and used them to cast what police say are false aspersions on Pederson. Flip the pages for the police statement and the evidence social media has. I am a Texas native covering breaking news out of New York City. Different posts characterized that person’s relationship with the cop differently.Park defines himself on Twitter as “Writer: 68 Whiskey, NYT Bestseller ‘The Moth Presents: Occasional Magic.’ Director: Nike, et al.” Park has more than 33,000 followers on Twitter, including some prominent people like former President Barack Obama and journalist Yashar Ali.Heavy asked police how they know that the umbrella man is not Officer Jacob Pederson, and they said that the officer had an alibi that checked out for that day and time. The man's identity is not revealed, though his appearance has sparked many theories online. Previously, I was a Forbes intern in London. The narrative is ours and we must control it.”Another video on social media showed a man in a pink T-shirt begin to follow the man as he hurried away from the scene. And it’s false. Speculation had social media buzzing Friday after an unidentified man in a gas mask and carrying an open umbrella … Dubbed “pink pizza guy” on Twitter, there is debate as to whether he is confronting umbrella man, then trailing him, or if he knows him. My little brother was murdered by a white boy.