Oregon: Portland mayor pepper-sprayed man who confronted him about ControlaVirus rules – IOTW Report

Oregon: Portland mayor pepper-sprayed man who confronted him about ControlaVirus rules

NBC: The mayor of Portland, Oregon, pepper-sprayed a man outside of a restaurant Sunday night, after the mayor said the man confronted him about mask rules and other issues and then got uncomfortably close, according to a police report.

Mayor Ted Wheeler, a Democrat, told police of the man: “I clearly informed him that he needed to back off,” before spraying him in the eyes, according to an incident report released by police.

Wheeler told police he was leaving a pub at around 8 p.m. when the man, filming him with a phone, accused the mayor of not wearing a mask while sitting in a restaurant as required by Covid-19 rules, and also other issues.

Wheeler said he told the man he was sitting in a tented area, and that the coronavirus rules allow someone to take off their mask when eating or drinking, according to the police report.

The man, who was not wearing a mask, followed Wheeler to his car and “got within a foot or two of my face while he was videoing me,” the report quoted Wheeler as saying.

“I became imminently concerned for my personal safety, as I had recently been physically accosted in a similar situation,” the mayor said according to the report. Wheeler also said he was afraid of catching Covid-19. more

11 Comments on Oregon: Portland mayor pepper-sprayed man who confronted him about ControlaVirus rules

  1. Wheeler also said he was afraid of catching Covid-19.

    Then wear your double-mask and don’t go out in public.

    Besides, if that’s a reason for pepper spraying people then I’m declaring open season and headed out with several canisters. Anyone within 6 feet of me not double-masked is going down.

    Then I will declare 3 masks better than 2 and start a new trend. Maybe we can get the goons to suffocate themselves.

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  2. In Texas of all places you have a cop who should never be allowed to wear a badge. He comes looking for a fight, then he lies twice, the guy did leave, the guy was standing there with his hands on his head yet he tells dispatch he’s still be uncooperative.

    When I was younger we had some asshole cops that weren’t such assholes when they were caught out and about off duty without a badge and gun, suddenly they were big time pussies. I suspect this is that kind of cop.

    https://kprcradio.iheart.com/featured/walton-and-johnson/content/2021-01-26-watch-texas-police-officer-threatens-to-taser-man-for-not-wearing-a-mask/

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  3. Another issue I have with this story, Wheeler was in a “tented area”. Because “outdoor eating areas” are OK with Queen Kate, restaurants and bars are erecting elaborate, heated “tented areas” in cold, rainy Oregon. How are these “tented areas” any more Covid free than eating inside the restaurant? But yet, they are OK. Mass insanity.

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