The headline is absurd, but so are things the way they happen in Portland. What a screwed-up place.

On Thursday afternoon officers of the Portland Police Bureau were involved in a shooting incident at a downtown location.

The early rumors were that the subject was a “person of color” — spread by BLM to drive up rioter numbers.  No better excuse exists to kick off the night’s rioting on Portland streets before sunset so in pretty much no time at all you had hostile encounters between police trying to maintain the perimeter of an active crime-scene investigation, and Portland’s professional riot class, also known as the unemployed loser population.

Our good friend Andy Ngo was able to aggregate much video footage from the evening’s events.

A group of antifa & far-left protesters have gathered in NE Portland after a purported police-involved shooting of a knife wielding man. Antifa mobilized their members by saying the man is a person of color. Police issued statement saying he’s white. pic.twitter.com/Jbr14gFo3o

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 25, 2021

A crowd of protesters is gathering in NE Portland tonight after police shot a man, per eyewitness

“The guy was having a psychotic break,” says eyewitness. “You could tell he wasn’t all there.”

Man who was shot by police “did not get up.”

She heard 2 shots. pic.twitter.com/KqVUFoUpMu

— Zane Sparling (@PDXzane) June 25, 2021

The confrontations between the police and protesters continued into the nighttime hours.

After a police shooting at the Motel 6 on NE Holliday st. Near the Convention Center. Portland Police push protesters away from the crime scene using pepper spray before halting and holding formation. #PortlandProtests #Portland #PDX pic.twitter.com/XBeshdle77

— Independent Media PDX (@NDpendentPDX) June 25, 2021

Scenes of violence in NE Portland as antifa & far-left rioters gathered to disrupt police investigating a shooting crime scene. Antifa falsely claimed the person shot by an officer is POC. pic.twitter.com/iNMsTW55C3

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 25, 2021

A bystander caught the moment PPB assaulted and maced peaceful protesters on scene – this video is very intense, warning.
Credit @running_50 pic.twitter.com/TiMmIRSKAG

— Grace Morgan (@gravemorgan) June 25, 2021

Then came the tragic news that no one was expecting.

Man shot by police is white . He was taken by ambulance to a hospital. Officer who fired shots is Black.

— Maxine Bernstein (@maxoregonian) June 25, 2021

The white man shot by the black police officer later died at a Portland-area hospital.

Antifa and BLM went home happy about some great police work they had been able to celebrate together.