Add thelocalreport.in As A Trusted Source
first responder portland, oregonThere was reportedly a delay in evacuating an injured protester Immigration and Customs Enforcement Facility in nearest hospital because Federal agents stood in front of an ambulance and refused to let it go.
Confidential report written by two medical staff was obtained willamette weekindicates that federal agents became hostile toward first responders when they were informed that they could not ride in the ambulance because the patient was not under arrest.
The driver of the ambulance wrote in a report prepared for American Medical Response, the group that contracts ambulance services in the county, that agents stood in front of the vehicle to block it from leaving.
Public records and 911 dispatch audio corroborate those reports, which claimed “50-60” federal agents blocked the road in front of the vehicle.
after several unsuccessful attempts to ICE facility, The driver said in his report that he put the ambulance in park, causing it to move forward and angering a federal agent, who appeared to have attempted to hit him.
Once at the park, a group of agents crowded around the door of the vehicle as the medic tried to open it, the report said.
One agent, the report said, “pointed his finger at me in a threatening manner and began yelling in my face, ‘Don’t you ever do that again, I’ll shoot you, I’ll arrest you right now.'”
The driver said they were “very shocked” and believed “this is no longer a safe scene.”
Independent The Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the union representing first responders have been asked for comment.
A spokesperson for Global Medical Response/American Medical Response said in a statement that they are “collaborating closely with the Federal Protective Service to conduct a thorough review of all aspects of this incident.”
An ambulance arrived at the ICE facility at 9:30 p.m. on October 5 to assist an injured 32-year-old protester, but he was not finally allowed to leave until 9:42 p.m., according toWillamette Week. Eventually a car containing federal agents followed the ambulance to the hospital.
Outside, protesters reportedly chanted, “Let them out! Let them out!” According to KGW8.
Equally, radio messages between 911 dispatchers and medics paint a confusing scene surrounding the delay.
“Copy, you’re trying to get transportation to Emanuel blocked by protesters?” the dispatched person asked, according to KGW.
“No, not protesters, just ICE officers,” the doctor responded.
It is the latest incident to occur outside an ICE facility in Portland, where tensions have risen as President Donald Trump deploys federal officers and agents to crack down on crime and undocumented immigrants.