In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced all city employees who want to keep their jobs must get their first COVID-19 vaccine dose by the end of the week. Thousands of the city’s employees did not take too kindly to that news, and they made their displeasure known Monday.
Approximately 5,000 protesters marched across the historic Brooklyn Bridge to protest the vaccine mandate, the New York Post reported. Many of them were unvaccinated NYC employees, including police officers and firefighters.
“Now, [after] working after countless of emergencies — Hurricane Sandy, the snowstorms … I am under threat,” FDNY firefighter Sofia Medina said. “We are under threat of losing our livelihood for simply retaining the choice of protecting our bodies.”
“Why now are we being bribed and coerced to take a medication. … We are not now nor have ever been a public health threat.”
Protesters carried signs that read, “Recognize Natural Immunity,” “Do Not Comply” and countless other sayings. Many of the protesters chanted, “Hold the Line!” as they marched.
"Hold The Line" Chant what appears to be thousand of municipal workers including FDNY, EMS, NYPD and SDNY #HappeningNow in Brooklyn Bridge pic.twitter.com/JwrRMCqKGq
— Scootercaster (@ScooterCasterNY) October 25, 2021
In a tweet at 11:49 a.m. eastern, the NYPD 84th Precinct said they had shut down vehicle traffic into Manhattan on the Brooklyn Bridge because of the protest.
🚨ADVISORY: Due to protest activity in the the area of #DownTownBrooklyn Manhattan bound #BrooklynBridge will be closed to vehicular traffic from now till further notice.
Consider alternate routes and allow for additional travel time. pic.twitter.com/pFBJXxyRlU
— NYPD 84th Precinct (@NYPD84Pct) October 25, 2021
Nearly 3 hours later, they announced via tweet that all lanes had been re-opened.
All lanes are now open!!!@NotifyNYC @NYPDnews https://t.co/ol2MBVvmLg
— NYPD 84th Precinct (@NYPD84Pct) October 25, 2021
While shutting down traffic may or may not be the best way to make your voice heard, these employees certainly had a valid point. Governments at the city, state and federal levels have no right to mandate vaccines for their constituents.
Vaccines should be a personal choice, not one that is forced. To make matters worse, many of the people losing their jobs over this mandate are public servants who put their lives on the line to protect others.
One protester named Paul Schweit, who was proudly wearing a FDNY shirt, pointed out the hypocrisy of de Blasio’s rhetoric, the Post reported.
“Mayor de Blasio wants to paint us as immoral, unsafe, and a danger to the public,” Schweit said. “To the citizens of the city, we want to continue protecting you.”
Monday’s protest follows a smaller one on Sunday, when protesters made their way to the Barclays Center. They were speaking out against the vaccine mandate barring star Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving from playing because of his vaccination status.
The Post said any municipal employee who does not get their first dose by 5 p.m. this Friday will be put on unpaid leave. If the number of protesters is any indication, New York City could lose a large chunk of employees under that plan.
In a city where crime is already rampant, the last thing citizens need is for the mayor to reduce the presence of first responders. If de Blasio really wanted to protect his citizens, he would realize that simple fact.
People better wake up because if they can force you to get this vaccine then they can force you to get any vaccine they want to give you.
Christine Anderson, a member of the European Parliament for Germany.>> Speaker at European Parliament REFUSES to be vaccinated Great Speech !! rumble.com/vofupr-she-must-know-its-freedom-fiesta-weekend.html?mref=6zof&mrefc=7
That is why people need to stand up against these mandates. We now have a Dictatorship , and people thought Trump was so bad.
interesting that the government leaders are not required to take the jab, huh? Must be a reason they’re excluded. No shot for me, no way, no how..I’ll get my shots off first, as many as I can
NY has been hoodwinked by the Democratic Party for years now that it’s bites y’all on the butts your PISSOFF.
Maybe y’all should take a look at screw up New York has gotten with the democrats idiots who have been in control. They have systematically killed the businesses with their COVID-19 mandatory vaccination mandates. The crock of sh** there shoveling has done more damage than a hurricane. They have defunded law enforcement handcuffed the police departments and officers and criminals are crimes are outrageously out of control. Y’all voted for theses clowns and NOW’S it’s time to pay the piper. Your not alone in your protesting theses mandatory vaccination mandates that President Biden and the democrats imposed which everyone Agrees that this mandate is unconstitutional and you’re mad protesting is just a start VOTING THESES DICTATORS WHO ARE TAMPERING WITH THE CONSTITUTION AND YOUR RIGHTS TIME TO END THEIR RAIN OF TERROR AND CHANGE THE CHANGE YOUR VOTING HABITS. PUTTING A END TO THESES PETTY DICTATORS.
The Democrats raised $20,000,000 for bail for looters and rioters. They raised $000,000,000 for the victims of that rioting and looting. DeBlasio and his wife cannot account for almost $1 billion and no one seems to care. The rich and taxpayers are fleeing NYC in droves due to extremely high taxes and more taxes to come – including AOC’s mother. And that little twerp wants to raise taxes even higher than proposed. Maybe if people like AOC & Biden actually paid their taxes they wouldn’t be so keen to raise them.
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Maybe the people who voted Democratic Party should take time out and read the book 1984 then compare it today’s situation with the Biden administration and his executive order outrageous mandates? Yes big brother is here and there stealing your freedom. This’ll will be the first step to a socialist dictatorship
“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers.” They have systematically been dumbing down Anerica for decades. This is the result. Soon elementary school kids will be able to tell you all about the transvetites but they’ll have to tell you because they won’t be able to write it down.
They’ll blame it on racism.
Yep its too hard to graduate high school – that’s racist. It’s too hard to get into college that’s racist too. So lower the standards. Tell that to ALL the minority people who have graduated with honors and have become highly sucessful in their careers. Those who work hard and put in the time seem to do well. It’s the lazy who expect everything to be easy who have a million excuses – who blame everything and everybody else for THEIR failures.
And you just made it a racial issue.
always has been an issue. good and bad in BOTH black and white, but it seems like ‘they’ don’t try quite as hard to be good responsible hard working or proud..just take and take and whine when they don’t get
It doesn’t matter what you do – you have to put in the work to excel. I wonder if people think someone like LeBron just sits around drinking beer all day and shows up at game time? I wonder how many hours he has spent in the gym and practicing throughout his life.
you’re right, work hard to excel. I worked hard for many years and I’m proud I did, happy to be retired and comfortable. LeBron is a hard worker & did excel. But there are those on BOTH sides that don’t work hard, or don’t work at all, and expect a successful wonderful life to be dropped in their laps, and when it isn’t, both sides bitch and moan ‘where’s MY stuff?’ that’s all I was saying.
I was just saying I didn’t make it racial. Hard work has nothing to do with race it is up to the individual.
Agreed! Have a good evening!
You too.
Mike-I’m old & I’m snoopy, so I’ve just been reading your past posts. You are a great researcher and I agree with just about everything I read..only thing I would add (and I’m not saying this to piss you off) but when you referred to Obama’s Ethics..I feel maybe Ethnics could have been appropriate, as well.. I’m now following you, you’re very interesting, thanks for that.
I was forcefully retired after a car accident a few years ago. As such I have a lot of time to do research. When I was working I didn’t have time to really even care. I think a lot of folks are in that same boat. Hopefully people don’t just take what I say – but take the time to look it up for themselves. They will probably find even more than I have. Its sad to see what a bunch of corrupt people are running this country on all levels and in all parties.
You picked the wrong person to hold up as a good example
I didn’t pick him, I was replying to a post where he was used as the example
Hard work and putting in the time does not know race. It works for everyone.
Brain wash our young children and legalize “WEED” to fog the brain of the adults.
I can react better smoking weed , that i can when i am not. It does not FOG the brain , and it was put on this earth for man to use by ” YOUR GOD ” You can’t make a plant illegal , although they did. I guess they went against ” Their God “
You’re absolutely correct! God made it for a reason, mind opening & healing the body..still doin it since 1967..
(and only illegal IF you get caught.)
Hey! Drug Addict! Go to rehab! And STFU!
Not entirely true. Polk weed, poison ivy, cashews, there are many things that were created that when Adam boned, it they went to hell.
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And a piece of S H I T !!!!!
IMPEACH BIDEN AND HARRIS
And then hang them !
Hang that corrupt lying thieving Pelosi too!
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And don’t forget that dumb “basement biden” !!!
You asked for it, you got it, totalitarianism!
And it is only going to get worse.
We ” The People ” need to have Biden and Harris removed from office.
And shot for treason!
As more and more evidence comes out from around the world and more and more evidence comes out about Fauci’s lies and corruption- it is the vaccinated who should be worried. Worried about what the hell they were injected with and why. But it seems it is easier for them to remain in their happy place – denial – than it is to start asking questions. FYI – questions are FREE.
we only allow ‘unvax’ in our home. the ‘vaccinated’ are outside chats only. it’s not like we want to go to bars, malls etc., we’ve been over that even b4 covid hit, like you said, don’t know what the fk is in those shots, or the aftermath for those that did take it, much more how they may carry/sluff it to others..and the poor children who have parents that decide it will be good for them…wow.sad.
America is fed up with corrupt Biden! His hyporcricy! his pathological lying! and his pedophilia! He needs to go! Most corrupt hated preverted vile president ever!
Lets go Brandon! Yup, that is what they were chanting!