Web Reacts to Florida Sheriff Wayne Ivey Threatening Anti-Trump Protesters

As People put together for a full weekend of protests towards President Donald Trump, one Florida sheriff’s spooky warning is sounding off alarms on social media. Now, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey is dealing with backlash after primarily threatening Florida residents organizing for “No Kings Day” protests towards Trump’s birthday, navy parade.

In a information convention, Ivey stated “Should you spit on us [law enforcement officers], you are going to the hospital and in jail.” He continued, “Should you hit certainly one of us, you are going to the hospital and jail and most probably getting bitten by certainly one of our large, lovely canine we have now right here.”

His darkest menace got here subsequent as he confidently warned “Should you throw a brick, a hearth bomb or level a gun at certainly one of our deputies, we might be notifying your loved ones the place to gather your stays at, as a result of we’ll kill you. Graveyard, useless.” He added, “We’re not going to play, this has obtained to cease.”

With Ivey and Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis principally giving the inexperienced mild for violence towards People utilizing their First Modification proper, Black of us on X took all of it in. “Expensive Black Individuals, this is the reason we are saying, ‘keep residence,'” @ZetaGirlTech stated. “Do not permit anybody to gaslight or disgrace you for selecting self-preservation. Keep residence!”

One other person, @AirHarp, wrote “That is what they have been ready for,” including, “ThisIsWhyWeDontStand.”

Folks weren’t moved by the sheriff’s threats. “Lol… proceed protesting these folks don’t have any proper to let you know what it is best to or should not do,” @biggaboy0 wrote.

“Please keep in mind that the primary modification nonetheless applies and nobody can outlaw Peaceable Protest,” attorney Gerald A. Griggs stated. Upwards 1,800 protests throughout the nation are anticipated to go down over the weekend. In cities like Los Angeles, New York Metropolis and Chicago, demonstrators are already displaying as much as counteract Trump.

However in different states, like Florida, deliberate protests being threatened with violent pressure has of us considering the state is the actual downside. “Florida appears to be the place that all the loopy racists… are actually popping out of the woodworks,” @adivunsolicited stated on TikTok.

Again on X, @Bigdumbdog2 stated he needs “I may saw-off Florida just like the Roadrunner does to the Coyote.”

S.C. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick criticized the sheriff for his language. “As public servants, our phrases matter — and threatening to kill residents with such reckless and inflammatory language goes far past sustaining public security,” she stated. “This isn’t acceptable, nor will it ever be.”

Many of us on-line stated Sheriff Ivey is clearly standing on one facet of the combat… and it isn’t with the folks. “The MAGA in him is extraordinarily sturdy. He has waited his complete profession for this second,” @imJohnWess stated.

“What a press convention by the Klan seems like,” @RodnyeTheoc tweeted. Regardless of Ivey’s threats, No Kings Day protests are shaping as much as be the biggest mass-scale protests for the reason that 2020 Black Lives Matter demonstrations.

In the meantime, Trump is recruiting 6,000 troopers, navy tanks, weapons, planes, and extra for his celebratory parade honoring the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Military and his 79th birthday. The occasion will go down in Washington, D.C. regardless of bipartisan backlash.