As cities across the country prepare for Saturday’s coast-to-coast “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump’s perceived authoritarianism, Florida officials are issuing stark warnings.
In the Sunshine State, officials are promising zero tolerance for violence during demonstrations focused largely on immigration and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids.
Florida leaders issue stern warnings
In anticipation of the protests, which are expected to draw hundreds to the streets of Broward and Miami-Dade counties, Florida leaders made their positions clear.
“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 at. Because we will kill you graveyard dead,” Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said…