Portland's Mayor Is Tear-Gassed By Federal Forces On Another Night Of Protests
![Mayor Ted Wheeler (in dark shirt at left) stands at a fence outside the Mark O. Hatfield U.S Courthouse in Portland, Ore., as federal officers deploy tear gas Wednesday night. People protesting police violence and systemic racism have faced tear gas, impact munitions and other dispersal tactics by the Portland Police Bureau and federal law enforcement.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/07/23/20200723_portland-protest-wheeler_re_wide-7e23ec4082ef475110a336b8e5d16f35f1788e73.jpg?s=600)
"It was not great," Mayor Ted Wheeler said. "It makes your eyes really burn." Protesters rail against federal agents' presence in the city — and repeat their call for Wheeler to resign.
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