RAPID CITY, S.D. — The freedom convoy, which is a collection of protests and blockades that began in Canada early this yr in opposition to COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions, handed through Rapid City.
It later developed right into a protest about COVID-19 mandates normally, with a number of offshoot protests crossing the United States.
On Thursday night time, the Freedom Convoy made its approach into Rapid City with a cease on the Flying J Truck Stop off Elk Vale Road, the place the truckers had been fed dinner.
Jason Lambert and his spouse are from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and are each legal professionals.
The Lambert’s inform NewsCenter1 they misplaced their jobs as a consequence of vaccine mandates and really feel they weren’t given the chance to be heard in a swimsuit and tie.
Now they’re headed to the Nation’s capital.
“Just from an mental standpoint, you understand I’m an legal professional,” Lambert mentioned. “I’m supposed to have the ability to argue in a courtroom. You can inform me I’m fallacious, however at the least let me argue. Let’s have that debate. We’re not even allowed to have that debate…I believe at this level the science is settled.”
The convoy started in Spokane, Washington and made a cease in Gillette, Wyoming earlier than heading to Rapid City with an final vacation spot of Washington, D.C.
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