In graphic remarks Thursday, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey vowed that violent anti-Trump and anti-ICE protesters would be killed “graveyard dead” if they attack his deputies.
“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,” the Republican sheriff from Florida said during a news conference ahead of expected “No Kings” protests against Trump on Saturday. “We’re not going to play.”
His comments come as law enforcement in Los Angeles has at times violently cracked down on anti-ICE protests, and after President Trump said protesters at his military parade Saturday — on the same day as his 79th birthday — “will be met with very heavy force.”
Among Ivey’s other threats:
• “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.”
• “If you spit on us, you’re going to the hospital, and 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.”
