Portland Fines US for Fence Obstructing Street Outside Federal Courthouse

The federal government will be fined for a maximum amount of $500 for every 15 minutes it maintains a fence around the federal courthouse in Portland.

Rioters try to topple a steel fence during a Black Lives Matter event at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland, Ore., on July 25, 2020, Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo

The U.S. government will be fined a maximum amount of $500 for every 15 minutes it maintains a fence around the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, which protesters have attempted to breach during nightly ongoing riots, city officials said.

“As of yesterday, the federal government owes us $192,000 and counting,” City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly, who oversees the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), said in a July 28 statement. She added that the city intends to collect.