A Florida Sheriff delivered a stern warning to anyone planning protests against ICE or President Trump — threatening to respond to violence with deadly force.
“If you throw a brick, a firebomb, or point a gun at one of our deputies, we will be notifying your family where to collect your remains because we will kill you, graveyard dead. We’re not going to play.” Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said Thursday.
“If you try to mob rule a car in Brevard County, gathering around it, refusing to let the driver leave in our county, you’re most likely going to get run over and dragged across the street,” the Republican sheriff said during the immigration news conference.
“If you spit on us, you’re going to the hospital, then jail. If you hit one of us, you’re going to the hospital, jail, and most likely get bitten by one of our big, beautiful dogs we have here,” Ivey warned.
The sheriff’s deadly declaration comes as a slew of anti-Trump and anti-ICE protests are expected to continue across the nation this weekend.
Over 2,000 “No Kings” protests in multiple cities are slated for Saturday, the day of the President’s military birthday parade.
“No Kings” protests have previously denounced Trump and Elon Musk, the former leader of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency.
The themed protests, led by the national anti-authoritarianist 50501 Movement, have called for Trump to be “dethroned” and have compared his actions to those of a King.
President Trump has deployed 4,000 National Guardsmen and 700 US Marines to Los Angeles after violent protests erupted over the weekend over his deportation crackdown.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, following a similar cue, ordered the deployment of more than 5,000 Texas National Guard troops on Thursday, along with more than 2,000 state police, in response to the ongoing demonstrations this weekend.
With Post wires
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