By CLARA LONGO DE FREITAS and DARREONNA DAVIS | A man was arrested in connection with the alleged pepper-spraying of two women outside of a popular queer event in North Baltimore, the second time in just under a month that he’s been charged with assault in the neighborhood.

Matthew Middleton, 34, is facing second-degree assault charges in two separate incidents that took place in Waverly. Both times, Middleton stood outside businesses holding a sign supporting President Donald Trump before the situations escalated, according to charging documents.

“This is a free country, and he can hold his sign wherever,” City Councilwoman Odette Ramos, who represents the neighborhood, said in a statement. “But he can’t expect that someone won’t say something to him.”

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