Ted Wheeler, the mayor of Portland, Ore., pepper-sprayed a man Sunday who confronted him for not wearing a mask while dining at a pub. Wheeler and former one-term Mayor Sam Adams were leaving the McMenamins Hillsdale Brewery & Public House around 8 p.m. when a man video recording him said he had been photographing the mayor while he was inside a tent area. Wheeler said the man followed him to his car while continuing to record and refused to back away, according to a police report. He said the man was not wearing a mask and got within a "foot or two from my face" during the encounter. The man commented to the effect of: "I can’t believe you just pepper-sprayed me,'" Wheeler said.

Source: Fox News January 26, 2021 02:48 UTC