Portland mayor pepper-sprays maskless man after Covid rules confrontation

Ted Wheeler was having meal out with former mayor when man carrying video camera accused them of dining without masks

The mayor of Portland, Oregon, pepper-sprayed a maskless resident who confronted him about the city's Covid-19 rules after a meal out.

Ted Wheeler, the Democratic mayor since 2016, had been dining with a former mayor, Sam Adams, when the two were confronted by a man carrying a video camera on Sunday evening outside a local pub, according to a police report obtained by Oregon Live.