Portland hits feds with $500 fine every 15 minutes fence stands outside besieged courthouse

#1 | Portland hits feds with $500 fine every 15 minutes fence stands outside besieged courthouse datum

Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:11 pm

Portland hits feds with $500 fine every 15 minutes fence stands outside besieged courthouse
City official says feds owed $192,000 as of Monday
By Sam Dorman | Fox News

The city of Portland, Ore. is fining the federal government $500 for every 15 minutes it maintains unpermitted fencing outside of the federal courthouse that has faced nightly attacks amid ongoing protests and rioting.

City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly said in a statement Tuesday that the fencing is obstructing the street outside of the courthouse. As of Monday, she said, the federal government owed Portland $192,000.

"We intend to collect," said Eudaly, who added that she was "committed to doing everything in my power to end this federal occupation and move forward with our community's reckoning with racial injustice and our efforts to transform our approach to policing and public safety."

PORTLAND OFFICIALS SEND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CEASE-AND-DESIST LETTER CALLING FOR REMOVAL OF COURTHOUSE FENCING

Last week, the Portland Bureau of Transportation, which Eudaly is in charge of, sent a cease-and-desist letter demanding that the federal government take down the fence-- excerpt, rest at link above --

"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

- J. R. R. Tolkien

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#2 | RE: Portland hits feds with $500 fine every 15 minutes fence stands outside besieged courthouse datum

Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:13 pm

Is this true?

Oregon governor says federal officers are leaving Portland
By Justin Wise - 07/29/20 11:44 AM EDT

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/509566-oregon-governor-says-federal-officers-are-leaving-portland

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) announced Wednesday that the Trump administration has agreed to withdraw federal tactical teams from Portland, Ore., which for weeks has been the site of violent clashes between officers and protesters.

Brown said in a statement that an agreement for federal agents to leave the city was reached following a discussion with Vice President Pence. She said that officers from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would begin their withdrawal on Thursday.

�These federal officers have acted as an occupying force, refused accountability, and brought violence and strife to our community," Brown said.

-- excerpt, rest at link above --

�We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent people.� ― George Orwell

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#3 | RE: Portland hits feds with $500 fine every 15 minutes fence stands outside besieged courthouse datum

Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:17 pm (Last edited: Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:40 pm)

Alex Salvi @alexsalvinews
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NEW: Gov. Kate Brown says federal agents tasked with protecting federal property in Portland from protesters will begin a �phased withdrawal� from the city.

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After my discussions with VP Pence and others, the federal government has agreed to withdraw federal officers from Portland. They have acted as an occupying force & brought violence. Starting tomorrow, all Customs and Border Protection & ICE officers will leave downtown Portland.

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Acting DHS Secretary Wolf: �DHS will continue to maintain our current, augmented federal law enforcement personnel in Portland until we are assured that the Hatfield Federal Courthouse and other federal properties will no longer be attacked.�

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Acting Secretary Wolf's Statement on Oregon Agreeing to Cooperate in Quelling Portland Violence
Over the past 24 hours, Governor Brown and I have been in regular communication and have agreed to a joint plan to end the violent activity in Portland directed at federal properties and law enforc...
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11:06 AM · Jul 29, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

- J. R. R. Tolkien

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#4 | RE: Portland hits feds with $500 fine every 15 minutes fence stands outside besieged courthouse datum

Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:17 pm (Last edited: Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:18 pm)

Quote: EdJames wrote in post #2
Is this true?

Oregon governor says federal officers are leaving Portland
By Justin Wise - 07/29/20 11:44 AM EDT

Federal officers will begin leaving the city on Thursday under a deal reached between Oregon officials and the Trump administration. State police will help protect Portland's federal courthouse.

https://www.opb.org/article/2020/07/29/o...phased-removal/

In exchange for a phased removal of federal officers brought in to protect federal property in the city, Brown�s office has agreed to help guard against vandalism of the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse using state resources alongside the Federal Protective Service.

Historians of the future will have a hard time figuring out how so many organized groups of strident jackasses succeeded in leading us around by the nose and morally intimidating the majority into silence.
-Thomas Sowell

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#5 | RE: Portland hits feds with $500 fine every 15 minutes fence stands outside besieged courthouse datum

Wed Jul 29, 2020 1:17 pm (Last edited: Wed Jul 29, 2020 1:18 pm)

Acting Secretary Chad Wolf
@DHS_Wolf

As I told the Governor yesterday, federal law enforcement will remain in Portland until the violent activity toward our federal facilities ends. We are not removing any law enforcement while our facilities and law enforcement remain under attack.

12:23 PM · Jul 29, 2020·Twitter Web App

https://twitter.com/DHS_Wolf/status/1288510427807326209

@EdJames
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#6 | RE: Portland hits feds with $500 fine every 15 minutes fence stands outside besieged courthouse datum

Wed Jul 29, 2020 1:58 pm

Quote: Wingnut wrote in post #4
Quote: EdJames wrote in post #2
Is this true?

Oregon governor says federal officers are leaving Portland
By Justin Wise - 07/29/20 11:44 AM EDT

Federal officers will begin leaving the city on Thursday under a deal reached between Oregon officials and the Trump administration. State police will help protect Portland's federal courthouse.

https://www.opb.org/article/2020/07/29/o...phased-removal/

In exchange for a phased removal of federal officers brought in to protect federal property in the city, Brown�s office has agreed to help guard against vandalism of the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse using state resources alongside the Federal Protective Service.

We will see. Though I don't trust that Oregon Gov one little bit.

Historians of the future will have a hard time figuring out how so many organized groups of strident jackasses succeeded in leading us around by the nose and morally intimidating the majority into silence.
-Thomas Sowell

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#7 | RE: Portland hits feds with $500 fine every 15 minutes fence stands outside besieged courthouse datum

Thu Jul 30, 2020 8:19 am

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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@FoxNews reported incorrectly what the Federal Government is doing with respect to Portland. We are demanding that the Governor & Mayor do their job or we will do it for them. Too complicated to discuss in a Tweet, but bad reporting by Fox (possibly on purpose!). @DHSgov

6:15 PM · Jul 29, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/stat...599151349923840

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#8 | RE: Portland hits feds with $500 fine every 15 minutes fence stands outside besieged courthouse datum

Thu Jul 30, 2020 11:16 am

Quote: Right_in_Virginia wrote in post #7
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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@FoxNews reported incorrectly what the Federal Government is doing with respect to Portland. We are demanding that the Governor & Mayor do their job or we will do it for them. Too complicated to discuss in a Tweet, but bad reporting by Fox (possibly on purpose!). @DHSgov

6:15 PM · Jul 29, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/stat...599151349923840

"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

- J. R. R. Tolkien

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#9 | RE: Portland hits feds with $500 fine every 15 minutes fence stands outside besieged courthouse datum

Thu Jul 30, 2020 11:52 am

Put the phone down D.J. You ain't helping yourself.

Historians of the future will have a hard time figuring out how so many organized groups of strident jackasses succeeded in leading us around by the nose and morally intimidating the majority into silence.
-Thomas Sowell

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