{"id":242405,"date":"2021-09-09T06:03:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T06:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=242405"},"modified":"2021-09-10T06:56:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T06:56:24","slug":"hundreds-of-l-a-cops-and-firefighters-join-forces-to-fight-citys-vaccine-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=242405","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of L.A. cops and firefighters join forces to fight city\u2019s vaccine mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ashley Sadler — Life Site News Sept 7, 2021<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Firefighters and police officers in Los Angeles have positioned themselves on the front lines in the battle against coercive COVID-19 vaccine mandates, joining together to demand freedom from forced inoculation in a \u201cmonumental fight to preserve our Liberties.\u201d<\/p>\n

Founded by stakeholders with the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), \u201cFirefighters for Freedom<\/a>\u201d has partnered with \u201cRoll Call 4 Freedom<\/a>,\u201d an organization made up of Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) members, to combat forced COVID-19 jabs for city employees.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Comprising at least 350 firefighters with the LAFD and hundreds of sworn officers and civilian members of the LAPD, the groups are planning legal action against the City of Los Angeles, represented by California attorney Kevin McBride.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The pushback is in response to a COVID-19 injection mandate for all city employees that was put forward by the L.A. City Council, passed unanimously, and signed by Mayor Eric Garcetti last month.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The mandate requires all city employees who have not gotten a medical or religious exemption to be \u201cfully vaccinated\u201d by October 5, affecting some 60,000 police officers, firefighters, and others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is to stop the mandated vaccinations for all City employees as well as the citizens of this great country,\u201d Firefighters for Freedom said on its website.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The group asked supporters to \u201c[p]lease stand with us in this monumental fight to preserve our Liberties.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As\u00a0reported by the Daily Wire<\/a>, LAFD employs approximately 3,350 firefighters, of whom only about half have elected to take the shot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Announcing September 2 that it was \u201cjoining LAFD\u2019s lawsuit as a subgroup,\u201d Roll Call 4 Freedom said the issue is larger than just one department or one city.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur nation, city and department are in an unprecedented time, and OUR actions will define our future as Americans, because this is a FREEDOM issue,\u201d Roll Call said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is much larger than a police issue, a department policy issue, or a city mandate.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

LAPD Sgt. Veronica Saucedo\u00a0told t<\/a>he Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/a>\u00a0that Roll Call 4 Freedom has hundreds of members, and that the group is focused on \u201cindividual rights, personal choice and \u2026 managing our own health.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Encouraging members \u201cnot to submit anything, including a religious exemption,\u201d Roll Call 4 Freedom said \u201cfiling for an exemption is a form of self-reporting.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The group said it is pushing for a removal of the mandate entirely, without the need to request an exemption.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The law enforcement group encouraged more people to join the fight, including those who have already taken the injection, saying \u201cwe need to rally with each other, as brothers and sisters to stand against [forced vaccination.]\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe more support we have from the rank and file and the larger our group grows, the better our chances are of success in litigation,\u201d Roll Call said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Noting that the LAPD is \u201cone of the largest police departments in the nation,\u201d the police group suggested that the efforts of LAPD employees to oppose forced vaccination \u201cwill affect law enforcement agencies across the nation.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With about 9,000 sworn officers and 3,000 civilian employees, the\u00a0Los Angeles Police Department is the third largest police agency in the United States<\/a>, behind the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the Chicago Police Department (CPD).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

News of the combined efforts of LAFD and LAPD personnel comes after an\u00a0L.A. fire captain\u2019s passionate video<\/a>\u00a0denouncing vaccine mandates as \u201ctyranny\u201d went viral last month, triggering an \u201cinvestigation\u201d into the captain for his controversial statements made while in uniform.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n