Update, Jan. 26: The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) has identified the target of Mayor Ted Wheeler's pepper spray as Cary Cadonau, a local real estate lawyer and heir to the Alpenrose Dairy company. In a police report made public this afternoon, and first reported on by the Oregonian, PPB officer Matt Miller said he called Cadonau Monday afternoon. "Mr. Cadonau told me he was an 'attorney' and was hesitant to discuss the matter with me,".
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A lawyer who was pepper-sprayed by the mayor of Portland, Oregon, has expressed regret for the incident that provoked the response. Mayor Ted Wheeler had pepper-sprayed Cary Cadonau after the lawyer confronted the mayor in a restaurant parking lot and accused him of failing to practice social distancing while dining outdoors with a companion. The mayor told police that Cadonau wasn’t wearing a mask when he got within a foot or two of him, and he feared for his safety. Cadonau said he is “remorseful for my decision to confront Mayor Wheeler,” and he is sorry that the mayor felt the need to use pepper spray. Cadonau also apologized to his law partners at Brownstein Rask. Wheeler said he appreciated the apology, and he considers the matter closed. (Law360, the Oregonian)
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REVEALED: Man who was pepper-sprayed by Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler after confronting him over COVID restrictions is a partner at downtown law firm and heir to a dairy fortune worth tens of millions
Cary Randall Cadonau has been identified as man pepper-sprayed by Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler outside a local restaurant on Sunday evening
Wheeler told police that a man in his 40s accosted him and began questioning him for not wearing a mask while he was dining in an indoor tent
The mayor was dining alongside former Portland Mayor Sam Adams at McMenamins Hillsdale Brewery and Public House on Sunday at around 8pm