Biff!

The tragedy that is Portland continued last night.

The festivities started out comically enough during the day, when Mayor Dud Wheeler "declared an emergency." This gives him special powers for everyone to ignore, on top of his regular powers that everyone chuckles at. He reminds me of Cartman, the kid on South Park screaming "Respect my authori-taahhh!"

But after dark, it got darker. The black-clad avengers of all social wrongs amassed downtown by the Justice Center, lit some dumpsters on fire, trashed a Starbucks again, spray painted the A-in-a-Hole logo all over everything, and then one guy cold-cocked a police sergeant on a bicycle. 

The cop in question is one of the front-line provocateurs of the riot squad, in everyone's face all the time, and one of the demonstrators apparently had had enough and nailed him right in the face. Down he went.

VIDEO: An officer and protester engage in a heated confrontation. Another officer arrives on a bicycle, pushing another nearby protester. That protester then punched the first officer, and police piled on the person who threw the punch in flurry of physical confrontation. pic.twitter.com/ZpZSFClwJV

— The Oregonian (@Oregonian) April 21, 2021

They arrested a grand total of two people. The alleged cop whacker is one Randy Gray, 34, booked and charged with assaulting a public safety officer, assault in the fourth degree, harassment, and some small change.

He caught some pepper spray, and who knows what else. But he's been released already.

Another dude, Kenneth Harold, 24, was arrested and charged with criminal mischief in connection with the Starbucks trashing.

The  cops' version is here.

The kids are coming back tonight for a rematch, apparently. What a town.