{"id":680656,"date":"2021-08-24T17:06:04","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T21:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=680656"},"modified":"2021-08-24T17:06:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T21:06:07","slug":"los-angeles-fire-captain-in-hot-water-after-calling-citys-vax-mandate-a-tyranny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-fire-captain-in-hot-water-after-calling-citys-vax-mandate-a-tyranny\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Fire Captain In Hot Water After Calling City\u2019s Vax Mandate A \u2018Tyranny\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flos-angeles-fire-captain-in-hot-water-after-calling-citys-vax-mandate-a-tyranny%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=680656&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/LAFD-Vax.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) is investigating a captain who recorded a video of himself ripping the city\u2019s new vaccination mandate for city workers, equating the policy to \u201ctyranny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officials announced on Monday that the department\u2019s Professional Standards Division launched the probe because Capt. Christian Granucci appeared to be on duty while disparaging the requirement because he was wearing his uniform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so hopping mad right now. You have no idea,\u201d Granucci said, speaking to the camera. \u201cMy head could pop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video was reportedly recorded on Granucci\u2019s cell phone while he was at work on Monday morning. Graham then posted on Telegram and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EaYn6QM2Ny8\">reposted on YouTube<\/a> later in the day. During the message, Granucci acknowledged he would \u201cmore than likely catch total grief\u201d for his comments and said his wife \u201cis going to kill me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LAFD said in a statement that Granucci gave the impression he was speaking in an official capacity on behalf of the department. As a result, he could face disciplinary action.<\/p>\n<p>Granucci, 52, said he has been with the agency for 31 years. He blamed the firefighters union for failing to take a more proactive approach to stop the requirement, saying leaders \u201csat on their hands\u201d and allowed the issue to divide its members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow they are lockstep with total tyranny,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is not about politics. This is not about left or right. This is not about red versus blue. This is not about Republican versus Democrat. This isn\u2019t even about vaccinated versus unvaccinated. This is tyranny. This is about freedom of choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vaccine tyranny: Done being silent.\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EaYn6QM2Ny8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Granucci claimed hundreds of union members were working with an attorney he described as \u201ca shark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He called on union representatives to \u201cstand up and take the fiery arrows from the adversary of tyranny, and step in front of this and fight for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-08-24\/lafd-captain-attacks-city-vaccination-requirement\">described<\/a> Granucci\u2019s video as \u201ca rare public outburst by a member of the Fire Department\u201d against the new ordinance, which awaits Democratic Mayor Eric Garcetti\u2019s signature before becoming law.<\/p>\n<p>More details from The Times:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"18\">\n<p><em>The City Council&nbsp;voted last week&nbsp;to require city employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by early October, while granting exemptions to employees with medical conditions or \u201csincerely held religious beliefs.\u201d Those employees must be tested regularly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The L.A. ordinance does not spell out what happens if someone refuses to get vaccinated without an approved exemption or balks at other requirements.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The city\u2019s roughly 3,350 firefighters are on the front lines, working as paramedics and emergency medical technicians, but have been&nbsp;slow to take the vaccine.&nbsp;Only about 50% of the department was vaccinated earlier this summer. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Granucci said the issue was \u201cbigger\u201d than LAFD and the firefighters union, adding that he didn\u2019t recognize the department, state, or country anymore. He called on first responders everywhere to \u201cput your union on check and have them fight for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Times reported that Freddy Escobar, president of United Firefighters of Los Angeles City Local 112, \u201cdeclined to respond to Granucci\u2019s criticisms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vaccinations will come, and then after that, it will be a booster, and another booster, and another booster,\u201d Granucci predicted. \u201cAnd when will this end? When will this tyranny stop?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) is investigating a captain who recorded a video of himself ripping the city\u2019s new vaccination mandate for city workers, equating the policy to \u201ctyranny.\u201dOfficials &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-680656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}