‘I Felt Cast Out’: Military Vet Tells Court Why He Spoke Against Vaccine Mandates

James Topp says the mandates were imposed in a ‘coercive’ way and ‘done in haste.’

James Topp gives instructions to a group of supporters walking with him on the last day of his trek in Ottawa on June 30, 2022. Noé Chartier/The Epoch TImes

Military veteran James Topp told a court martial he spoke out publicly against federal vaccine mandates because he felt “cast out” of the organizations he had served in for decades and needed to take a stance.

“I had a very hard time with it because of the way that I felt it was coercive, I felt that it was done in haste,” said Mr. Topp about the vaccine mandates.