Portland hospital sponsored supply tent at violent Antifa protests

Students at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) set up a tent to help activists who were injured while protesting in Portland, using their affiliation with the institution to support the efforts of Antifa rioters. The protests outside the Justice Center on Saturday led to five arrests.

According to The Lund Report, OHSU sponsored the tent, which contained basic first aid supplies as well as water, face masks, snacks, and hand sanitizer. Michael Martinez, a graduate student at OHSU, was arrested during an incident with police. This was around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, after police had told the students to clear out. Martinez reportedly started filming.

The students left the area, though Martinez was arrested. They reportedly returned later to find that their supplies were gone. According to a student who was on the scene, Michelle Ozaki, the students inquired after their supplies and were told by police “This is a war zone. You knew the risk of coming out here."

Portland Police deemed the protests on Saturday night a "civil disturbance." Senior associate dean for education for the OHSU School of Medicine Dr. George Mejicano did not respond to a request for comment by The Lund Report, but did send along their statement in opposition to racism.

Two separate groups of demonstrators manifested in Portland over the weekend that drew attention to OHSU's involvement in the protest activity.  

Andy Ngo took to Twitter, asking the institution if its "Do your patients know OHSU supports Antifa, a militant ideology that encourages terrorism?"

Michael A. Martinez was just one of the five people arrested over the weekend, who is a medical student at OHSU and was volunteering at the OHSU medical tent.

OHSU posted on Twitter that "Over the past couple of weeks, OHSU faculty, residents, staff, and students gathered all around Portland, including Pioneer Courthouse Square, Elizabeth Caruthers Park, and OHSU campus, in support of #WhiteCoatsForBlackLives."

The first group was made up of "several thousands" of demonstrators who marched to Cleveland High School from Revolution Hall in Southeast Portland. A motorist got tangled up in the march, and those affiliated with the demonstration stabbed the tires, broke several car windows, and chased the vehicle as it tried to get out of the area.

The second group of demonstrators gathered at the Justice Center around 10:00 p.m. Officers were able to see demonstrators shake and climb the fence, and toss a number of projectiles over the fence. Whole panels of fencing had been cut out as several people climbed through the openings. Demonstrators continued by throwing "projectiles including glass bottles, full beverage containers, rocks, and other projectiles over the fence."

It was only after this that a civil disturbance was declared. Though officers attempted to disperse the crowd, they would not leave. Demonstrators proceeded to hurl projectiles at the officers and lasers were aimed at officers.

President Donald Trump has made known his intent to designate Antifa a terrorist organization, and Ngo recently announced that he is suing the violent organization for their assault against him in 2019.

It is currently unclear why OHSU had medical booths set up in the street to support criminal behavior.

The Post Millennial has reached out to OHSU for comment, and will update the story.