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Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler speaks to the media at City Hall on August 30, 2020, in Portland, Oregon (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
On Sunday, January 24, 2021, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler used pepper spray on a man that had confronted him and former Mayor Sam Adams without a mask. Reportedly, the man that approached them had a video camera with him and had approached Wheeler and Adams as they were leaving a pub. The Oregonian reported that Wheeler and Adams had finished eating at the McMenamins Hillsdale Brewery & Public House located on Southwest Sunset Boulevard at approximately 8 pm that night.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler speaks to the media at City Hall on August 30, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. A man was fatally shot Saturday night as a Pro-Trump rally clashed with Black Lives Matter protesters in downtown Portland. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler pepper sprays unmasked man who confronted him with camera
Updated Jan 26, 2021;
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Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler blasted with pepper spray an unmasked man who confronted him and former Mayor Sam Adams with a video camera as the two left a pub Sunday night, the two men told police.
Wheeler and Adams had just finished dinner at the McMenamins Hillsdale Brewery & Public House on Southwest Sunset Boulevard around 8 p.m. when a man both described as middle-aged accused the current mayor of dining without a mask, according to a Portland Police Bureau report released Monday afternoon.