{"id":229280,"date":"2021-03-16T11:15:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T15:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=229280"},"modified":"2021-03-16T11:15:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T15:15:51","slug":"portland-courthouse-now-a-fortress-again-after-second-wave-of-riots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-courthouse-now-a-fortress-again-after-second-wave-of-riots\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland Courthouse Now A \u2018Fortress\u2019 Again After Second Wave Of Riots"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fportland-courthouse-now-a-fortress-again-after-second-wave-of-riots%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=229280&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1264.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Portland courthouse that became the target of \u201canti-fascists\u201d attacks over the summer \u2014 some so serious that then-President Donald Trump deployed federal agents to protect the building \u2014 is again the target of massive protests, and the facility is now a veritable \u201cfortress\u201d as a result.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNon-scalable fencing has been reinstalled at Mark O\u2019Hatfield Courthouse in&nbsp;Portland, Oregon, on Sunday after rioters vandalized the building over the weekend,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/portland-courthouse-turns-back-into-fortress-after-violent-antifa-riots-spike-again\">according to Fox News<\/a>, which spoke directly to the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n<p>Local reporters captured the reconstruction in action, posting pictures of the changes to social media. One reporter for the Oregonian captured evidence that officials were blocking off a sidewalk surrounding the courthouse that had been marked with graffiti, including the phrase \u201cNazis work here.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.1742738589212\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Workers today putting back fence, concrete barriers outside Mark O. Hatfield US Courthouse in downtown Portland \u2013 after windows broken, graffiti on front facade <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/afMGsxvFay\">pic.twitter.com\/afMGsxvFay<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maxine Bernstein (@maxoregonian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maxoregonian\/status\/1371197893541994500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The federal government erected fencing around the courthouse last summer, after a series of protests by suspected members of Antifa turned into violent and destructive riots, often targeting the courthouse\u2019s first-level offices. Then-president Donald Trump authorized federal agents with an elite branch of the Customs and Border Protection agency to protect the building \u2014 a move that mainstream media sources quickly labeled controversial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter flooding the streets around the federal courthouse in Portland with tear gas during Friday\u2019s early morning hours, dozens of federal officers in camouflage and tactical gear stood in formation around the front of the building,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/07\/25\/us\/portland-federal-legal-jurisdiction-courts.html\">The New York Times reported in July<\/a>. \u201cThe aggressive incursion of federal officers into Portland has been stretching the legal limits of federal law enforcement, as agents with batons and riot gear range deep into the streets of a city whose leadership has made it clear they are not welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the Trump administration struck a bargain with Oregon state officials, empowering them to take responsibility for protecting the courthouse, the fences came down. At the time, the Portland police heralded the change as a marker of peace between government officials and the \u201canti-fascists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are removing the fence to show our willingness to have dialog and peaceful communication toward starting to heal our community. We are open and listening to discussions of how the community envisions its police serve them in the future,\u201d the Portland police tweeted at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday afternoon, the fencing went back up, per Fox.<\/p>\n<p>That decision follows a distinct uptick in violence in downtown Portland \u2014 violence that began shortly before President Joe Biden was inaugurated \u2014 and has continued through February and into March. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/federal-agents-defend-ice-facility-in-portland-fire-tear-gas-at-demonstrators\">As The Daily Wire noted just days after Biden\u2019s inauguration<\/a>, federal officials were also retasked with defending federal government buildings in the area and, at one point, even went so far as to confront protesters directly, firing tear gas and non-lethal pepper balls to clear the area.<\/p>\n<p>This past week, beginning on Thursday, protesters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/seattle-portland-la-erupt-in-violence-on-anniversary-of-breonna-taylors-death\">marked the one-year anniversary of Breonna Taylor\u2019s death<\/a> with a new round of demonstrations, again targeting the courthouse, covering the outside with graffiti, and starting small fires around the building\u2019s entrance.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, notably, called Trump\u2019s response to the courthouse attacks from the summer \u201cegregious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Portland courthouse that became the target of \u201canti-fascists\u201d attacks over the summer \u2014 some so serious that then-President Donald Trump deployed federal agents to protect the building \u2014 is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310578,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1264.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Portland Courthouse Now A \u2018Fortress\u2019 Again After Second Wave Of Riots","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1264.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Portland Courthouse Now A \u2018Fortress\u2019 Again After Second Wave Of Riots","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}