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Reports Allege Federal Agents Threatened to Shoot Portland Ambulance Driver at ICE Site

Internal AMR reports backed by public records describe a 20-minute delay over agents seeking to ride with a 32-year-old patient.

Overview

  • The Oct. 5 incident at the South Portland ICE facility involved an AMR crew treating a protester with a broken or dislocated collarbone.
  • Crew reports say agents blocked the exit, pressed to ride in the ambulance without arrest paperwork, and a plainclothes person stepped in front of the vehicle.
  • The driver wrote that an agent yelled, "Don't you ever do that again, I will shoot you, I will arrest you," after the parked ambulance lurched slightly.
  • Dispatch audio and records show the patient was 32, the ambulance left roughly 20 minutes after arrival, and unmarked federal vehicles followed it to the hospital.
  • The Teamsters local confirmed the crew’s account to The Oregonian, and DHS has not responded to multiple requests for comment.