Hundreds Protest Los Angeles COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates: ‘We Shouldn’t Be Forced’

Hundreds of people who oppose vaccine mandates rallied in a downtown Los Angeles park on Monday.

The “March for Freedom” at Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles was organized by Firefighters4Freedom, a firefighter group that claims vaccine mandates are unconstitutional.

Demonstrators included firefighters, law enforcement and community members – many of whom could lose their jobs if they don’t get fully vaccinated by the city’s Dec. 18 deadline.

Protesters told the station that they’re against vaccine mandates.

“We shouldn’t be forced to take this vaccine,” a protester told the station, adding that her husband and some of his co-workers were willing to lose their job rather than get the vaccine.

Los Angeles firefighter Scott Tomlin also said that he is also willing to lose his job over the mandate because he’s “not prepared to lose my life over it.”