Mike Reese Decides Against Mayoral Run

Portland Police Chief Mike Reese

Ten days after forming a political fundraising committee, and after a weekend of bad press inspired by his own misleading remarks involving a rape investigation allegedly delayed by the Occupy Portland protests, not to mention a viral Oregonian photo of an officer pepper-spraying a demonstrator in the face, Portland Police Bureau Chief Mike Reese announced this afternoon that he will not run for mayor.

Here is Reese's statement, via the PPB:

removal of hundreds of campers
well-positioned
forceful confrontations
apologize
had yet to claim a dime
filed papers
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